# BASF launches TPU production unit at Zhanjiang Verbund site

BASF announced the launch of a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) facility at its Zhanjiang Verbund site in Guangdong, China. The plant is the second to come on stream at the 10-billion-euro site and has BASF's largest single TPU production line globally.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-01-18
- Where: Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
- Starts operating: 18 Jan 2024
- Status: completed
- Products: thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)
- 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

- [investinchina.chinadaily.com.cn](https://investinchina.chinadaily.com.cn/s/202401/19/WS65acea8a498ed2d7b7ea5f21/basf-launches-material-production-unit-in-zhanjiang.html), 2024-01-19: "The new plant will better enable BASF to meet growing demand in the Asia-Pacific, especially in the industrial, e-mobility and new energy sectors."

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