# Yangzi-BASF to invest $5.5B in EVA plant expansion in Nanjing

Yangzi Petrochemical-BASF Co., Ltd. announced a 3.952 billion yuan ($550 million) expansion of its integrated site in Nanjing, China, adding a 300,000-tonne-per-year ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer unit. The project will add 67 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-12-25
- Where: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Value: $550.0M (3.95B CNY)
- Jobs: 67
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300,000 tonnes per year of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer
- Products: ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Yangzi Petrochemical-BASF Co.](https://endata.com/companies/50097.md)

## Sources

- [chemnews.com.cn](https://www.chemnews.com.cn/c/2023-12-28/729647.shtml), 2023-12-28: "在现有生产厂区内新建一套产能为30万吨/年乙烯-醋酸乙烯共聚物装置"

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