# BASF expands Neopor production capacity at Ludwigshafen site

BASF is expanding production capacity of Neopor at its Ludwigshafen site by 50,000 metric tons per year. The new facilities are scheduled to start up in early 2027.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-10-24
- Where: Ludwigshafen, Germany
- Starts operating: Q1 2027
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 50,000 metric tons per year
- Products: Neopor graphite-containing expandable polystyrene granulate
- 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

- [hydrocarbonprocessing.com](https://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/10-1/basf-invests-in-increasing-production-capacity-of-neopor-at-ludwigshafen-site/), 2024-10-24: "BASF is strengthening its styrene value chain at its Ludwigshafen site by expanding the production capacity of Neopor® by 50,000 metric tons per year."
- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2024/10/p-24-303), 2024-10-24: "BASF is strengthening its styrene value chain at its Ludwigshafen site by expanding the production capacity of Neopor by 50,000 metric tons per year."
- [chemicals.basf.com](https://chemicals.basf.com/global/en/Petrochemicals/news/p-24-303), 2025-04-10: "BASF is strengthening its styrene value chain at its Ludwigshafen site by expanding the production capacity of Neopor by 50,000 metric tons per year."

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