Nanjing

BASF Nanjing Verbund site

An integrated Verbund site jointly run by BASF and Sinopec (50-50)

Location: Nanjing Jiangbei New Materials High-Tech Park, Nanjing

 

Key milestones:

  • Established in 2000
  • Commercial production since 2005
  • Inauguration of its second phase in 2012
  • Operating 33 production plants by end of 2021

 

Products: low density polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate, ethylene glycol, polystyrene, acrylic acid and acrylic esters, non-ionic surfactants, superabsorbent polymers, n-butanol, iso-butanol, 2-propyl-heptanol, butadiene, polyisobutene, etc.

 

Published 2021 facts and figures:

  • Total investment of $5.5 billion
  • 2,006 employees
  • Sales in 2021: €3.6 billion 
BASF-YPC site in Nanjing

BASF Nanjing site

A BASF wholly-owned production site for multiple products, including water-treatment monomers, amine products and coating additives

Employees from the BASF water treatment and paper chemicals plant in Nanjing, China (general manager Mingwei Qin, operator Miaomiao Jiao, and project operation manager Justin Brightmore) conduct a site tour with a customer, Zeming Wang from SINOPEC Yangzi Petrochemical Co. Ltd., accompanied by a sales colleague, Michael Wang.
Dexi Zhu (left) and Jing Wang (right), both operators, carry out a regular inspection on the roof top of the non-flammable tank in the evening at a BASF water treatment and paper chemicals plant in Nanjing, China.
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Dexi Zhu (links) und Jing Wang (rechts), beide Mitarbeiter, bei einer abendlichen Routineüberprüfung auf dem Dach des nichtentflammbaren Tanks im BASF-Wasserbehandlungs- und Papierchemikalienwerk in Nanjing/China.
Abdruck honorarfrei. Copyright by BASF.,Dexi Zhu (left) and Jing Wang (right), both operators, carry out a regular inspection on the roof top of the non-flammable tank in the evening at a BASF water treatment and paper chemicals plant in Nanjing, China.
Print free of charge. Copyright by BASF.

Dexi Zhu (links) und Jing Wang (rechts), beide Mitarbeiter, bei einer abendlichen Routineüberprüfung auf dem Dach des nichtentflammbaren Tanks im BASF-Wasserbehandlungs- und Papierchemikalienwerk in Nanjing/China.
Abdruck honorarfrei. Copyright by BASF.

Location: Nanjing Jiangbei New Materials High-tech Park, Jiangbei New Area, Nanjing

 

Key milestones:

  • Became BASF’s wholly-owned company in 2009, and renamed as BASF Specialty Chemicals (Nanjing) Co. Ltd. in 2011  
  • Operating 9 plants as of the end of 2021

 

Products: Manufacturing of ACM, AGEFLEX® FA1Q80MC, Anionic Flocculant, Cationic Flocculant, t-BA(tert.-Butylamine), DMAPA(3-(dimethylamino)Propylamine), PEA(Polyetheramine), N-Octylamine A/P, 1,2-Propylenediamine techn. Additives for Painting, Ink, Coating and Adhesive