The BASF Zhanjiang Integrated Site is a comprehensive chemical production base and BASF’s largest overseas investment project to date, with a total investment exceeding €10 billion. It is independently constructed and operated by BASF. Upon completion, it will become BASF’s third-largest integrated production site globally, following the sites in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium. Construction commenced in 2019 and is scheduled for completion by 2030. The core facilities of the Zhanjiang site include a steam cracker with an annual ethylene production capacity of 1 million metric tons, complemented by multiple downstream units. Products serve industries such as automotive, construction, high-speed rail, electronics and appliances, food packaging, household and personal care, aerospace, and pharmaceuticals.
Additionally, the construction scope includes: – 66/83/200,000-ton-per-year ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol/refined ethylene oxide units – 215,000-ton-per-year nonionic surfactant unit – 500,000-ton-per-year polyethylene unit – 2×190,000-ton-per-year isopropyl acrylate units – 375,000-ton-per-year butyl acrylate unit a 100,000-ton/year isooctyl acrylate unit, a 500,000-ton/year butanol/octanol unit, a 50,000 standard cubic meters/hour synthesis gas unit, an 80,000-ton/year (100% basis) neopentyl glycol unit, an 110,000-ton/year formaldehyde unit, a 40,000-ton/year citral unit, and supporting utilities and auxiliary facilities. The project uses naphtha and n-butane as feedstocks to produce ethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene, xylene, cracked fuel oil, isobutylene, and other downstream products.
BASF’s primary production sites are located in Shanghai, Nanjing, and Chongqing. By the end of 2020, BASF operated six major production bases across Greater China, comprising 27 manufacturing facilities. Among these, SDPPump manufactures the SDPPump ZA series—specialized pumps for large-scale refining, ethylene, PTA, and coal chemical industries—providing efficient and stable equipment to multiple plants.
01 BASF Shanghai Caojing Site
Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, located in Caojing, Shanghai. As of the end of 2020, it operated a total of 16 production facilities.
Main Products:
PolyTHF®, toluene diisocyanate (TDI), diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), polyisocyanate (Basonat®), precious metal salts and solutions, automotive coatings, resins and electrophoretic paints, polyamide polymers, process catalysts, antioxidants, etc.
02 BASF Shanghai Pudong Innovation Park
Located in Gaoqiao Town, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. As of the end of 2020, it operated nine production units and one wastewater treatment facility.
Main Products:
New materials include Ultramid® (polyamide, PA), Ultradur® (polybutylene terephthalate, PBT), polyurethane compounds, Elastollan® Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU), Cellasto® Microcellular Polyurethane Elastomers, Acrylic Dispersions and Polymer Colorants, Cleaning Agents, Metal Complex Dyes, Leather Auxiliaries, Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), Urban and Industrial Wastewater Treatment Agents, 3D Printing Materials, Automotive Emission Catalysts, etc.
03 BASF Nanjing Verbund Site
Located in the Jiangbei New Materials Science and Technology Park in Nanjing. By the end of 2020, it operated a total of 33 production units.
Main Products:
Low-density polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene glycol, polystyrene, acrylic acid and acrylic esters, nonionic surfactants, superabsorbent polymers, n-butanol, isobutanol, 2-propylheptanol, butadiene, polyisobutylene, etc. 04BASF Nanjing Site
Located in the Jiangbei New Materials Science and Technology Park in Nanjing. By the end of 2020, it operated a total of eight production units.
Main Products:
Ammine flocculant, polyetheramine, dimethylaminopropylamine, anionic polyacrylamide, cationic polyacrylamide, coating additives, tert-butylamine, acrylamide powder, 1,2-propanediamine, octylamine.
05 BASF Chongqing Site
Located in the Chongqing Changshou Economic and Technological Development Zone.
Primary Equipment:
Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI), with an annual production capacity of 400,000 tons.
06 BASF Zhanjiang Integrated Site
Located in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province.
Primary Equipment:
Includes a steam cracker with an annual ethylene production capacity of 1 million tons, along with multiple downstream production units for consumer-market products.
The first batch of facilities is scheduled to commence operations in 2022, primarily producing engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). The entire base is projected to be completed by 2030.
The project involved expanding the steam cracking unit and the existing ethylene oxide facility, while also constructing a new ethylene oxide purification unit and new facilities for the ethylene oxide derivatives value chain. Commercial operations commenced in January 2012.