# BASF starts production at first plant of Zhanjiang mega complex in China

BASF started production at the first plant of its giant complex in Zhanjiang, southern China. The plant will produce 60,000 tonnes of engineering plastic compounds per year for the automotive and electronics industries.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-09-06
- Where: Zhanjiang, China
- Value: $9.93B (10.0B EUR)
- Starts operating: 6 Sep 2022
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 60,000 tonnes per year
- Products: engineering plastic compounds
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md)

## Sources

- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/markets/germanys-basf-starts-production-southern-china-mega-complex-2022-09-06/), 2022-09-06: "The first plant at the site will produce 60,000 tonnes of engineering plastic compounds a year for the automotive and electronics industries."
- [english.news.cn](https://english.news.cn/20220907/fcb65db07e74418a9dbbed8efc35368b/c.html), 2022-09-07: "The first plants of German chemical giant BASF SE's Verbund site in the city of Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong Province, started production as scheduled on Tuesday."
- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/cn/en/media/news-releases/asia-pacific/2022/10/p-22-374), 2022-10-10: "Investing in an NPG plant at the Zhanjiang Verbund site will enable us to support the growing demand from customers in Asia, particularly in the field of powder coatings in China."
- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/hk/en/media/news-releases/asia-pacific/2022/10/basf-to-build-neopentyl-glycol-plant-at-zhanjiang-verbund-site-in-china), 2022-10-10: "Investing in an NPG plant at the Zhanjiang Verbund site will enable us to support the growing demand from customers in Asia, particularly in the field of powder coatings in China."
- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2022/10/p-22-374), 2022-10-10: "BASF will invest in a new world-scale Neopentyl Glycol (NPG) plant with an annual production capacity of 80,000 metric tons at its new Zhanjiang Verbund site, China."
- [chinadaily.com.cn](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202210/14/WS6348b49aa310fd2b29e7c63e.html), 2022-10-14: "German chemical giant BASF announced it will invest in a new Neopentyl Glycol (NPG) plant, with an annual production capacity of 80,000 metric tons, at its Zhanjiang Verbund site in South China's Guangdong province."
- [global.chinadaily.com.cn](http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202210/17/WS634c9f02a310fd2b29e7cd7f.html), 2022-10-17: "BASF announced on Oct 11 that it will invest in a new world-class Neopentyl Glycol plant at its new Verbund site in the coastal city of Zhanjiang."

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