# BASF breaks ground on polyethylene plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China

BASF has broken ground on a new polyethylene plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The world-scale facility will have an annual capacity of 500,000 metric tons and is scheduled to start up in 2025.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-06-18
- Where: Zhanjiang, China, China
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 500,000 metric tons per year
- Products: polyethylene
- 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

- [chemicals.basf.com](https://chemicals.basf.com/global/en/Petrochemicals/news/p-23-33511), 2023-06-18: "BASF has broken ground on a polyethylene (PE) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China."
- [pcimag.com](https://www.pcimag.com/articles/111503-basf-breaks-ground-on-polyethylene-plant-at-zhanjiang-verbund-site-in-china), 2023-07-03: "BASF has broken ground on a polyethylene (PE) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China."

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