8 October 2015
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BASF will expand its emollients and waxes production capacity
with a new plant at its site in Jinshan, Shanghai.
The investment, complementing
the current production of wax esters, emulsifiers and
primary surfactants in Jinshan,
will further enhance BASF’s local production and
better serve the growing personal care market in Asia Pacific.
Dr. Thomas Groesser,
Senior Vice President of Care Chemicals Asia Pacific, BASF.
The additional facility is anticipated to go on stream
in the first quarter of 2017.
With easy access to
BASF Innovation Campus Asia Pacific (Shanghai),
which is BASF’s largest research site in Asia Pacific,
the additional facility will enable close collaboration
in the development of innovative products
meeting specific Asian personal care needs.
Jinshan production site is RSPO certified
using the Mass Balance model
Today, the Jinshan production site manufactures
a variety of personal care raw materials including
wax esters, emulsifiers and primary surfactants.
The major applications of emollients and waxes
are for skin care, baby and child care, deodorants, and oral care.
Several products produced in the Jinshan plant
are derived from natural feedstock including palm (kernel) oil.
The Jinshan site is certified by
the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) supply chain
certification system, using the Mass Balance (MB) model
to assure
the use of RSPO certified sustainable palm (kernel) oil product.s.
BASF Direct Contact
- Nikki Lei
- Care Chemicals Asia Pacific
- Hong Kong
- +852 2731 7023
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- Tanya Tian
- BASF Greater China
- Beijing
- +86 10 5683 1526
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- Joanna Shen
- BASF Greater China
- Shanghai
- +86 21 2039 3053
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