14 March 2017
DETAILS
As announced in November 2016,
BASF is investing more than €200 million globally
to increase its production network for plastic additives.
An important step is an investment
to build a new plastic additives plant
at its Caojing site in Shanghai, China.
This world-scale plant,
with an annual capacity of 42,000 tons, will produce
antioxidants and associated forms and blends.
It is expected to be completed in 2019,
with commercial production to start by early 2020.
Importance of antioxidants
Antioxidants help prevent thermal oxidation reactions
when plastics are processed at high temperatures,
and light-assisted oxidation when plastics
are exposed to UV light.
Oxidation can cause loss of impact strength,
elongation, surface cracks
and discoloration of the material.
Almost all polymer materials undergo
oxidative degradation reactions
at one or all of the manufacturing,
processing and end-use stages.
BASF runs a global production network
and is the only supplier of plastic additives
having production sites in
Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East.
Hermann Althoff,
Senior Vice President
of BASF’s Performance Chemicals unit in Asia Pacific
“Asia, and particularly the Chinese market,
offer significant growth opportunities,
driven by diverse applications including
packaging, construction, consumer goods,
automotive and many more,”
“The plant will be built to reach
high environmental standards and
have one of the most efficient production processes.
Located within the Caojing complex,
it will also benefit from its proximity
to our regional application center in Shanghai
that provides technical support
* to polymer producers and
* to the converting industry within the region.”
Lilian Hoh
Phone: +49 621 60-42925
lilian.hoh@basf.com
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