Products and investments
Products, customers and applications |
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Products |
Customer industries and applications |
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Petrochemicals |
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Basic products: ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, alcohols, solvents, plasticizers, alkylene oxides, glycols and acrylic monomers Specialties: special plasticizers such as Hexamoll®, Dinch®, special acrylates |
Use in BASF-Verbund Chemical and plastics industry, detergent, automotive, packing and textile industries; production of paints, coatings, and cosmetics as well as oilfield, construction and paper chemicals |
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Monomers |
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Basic products: isocyanates (MDI, TDI), ammonia, caprolactam, adipic acid, chlorine, urea, glues and impregnating resins, caustic soda, polyamides 6 and 6.6, standard alcoholates, sulfuric and nitric acid Specialties: electronic chemicals1, metal systems1 |
Use in BASF-Verbund Industries such as plastics, electronics, lumber, furniture, packaging, textile, construction and automotive |
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Intermediates |
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Basic products: butanediol and derivatives, alkylamines and alkanolamines, neopentyl glycol, formic and propionic acid Specialties: specialty amines such as tert-Butylamine, gas scrubbing chemicals, vinyl monomers, acid chlorides, chloroformates, chiral intermediates |
Use in BASF-Verbund Plastics, coatings and pharmaceutical industries, production of detergents and cleaners as well as crop protection products and textile fibers |
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Production capacities of significant products2 |
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Europe |
North America |
Asia Pacific |
South America, Africa, Middle East |
Annual capacity (metric tons) |
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Acrylic acid |
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1,510,000 |
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Alkylamines |
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250,000 |
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Formic acid |
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305,000 |
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Ammonia |
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1,525,000 |
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Benzene |
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910,000 |
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Butadiene |
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680,000 |
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Butanediol equivalents |
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670,000 |
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Chlorine |
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385,000 |
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Ethanolamines and derivatives |
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430,000 |
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Ethylene |
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3,480,000 |
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Ethylene oxide |
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1,445,000 |
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Urea |
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545,000 |
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Isocyanates |
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2,610,000 |
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Caustic soda |
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360,000 |
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Neopentyl glycol |
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205,000 |
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Oxo-C4 alcohols (calculated as butyraldehyde) |
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1,495,000 |
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Polyamide 6 and 6.6 |
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820,000 |
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Polyamide precursors |
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1,010,000 |
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PolyTHF® |
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350,000 |
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Propionic acid |
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150,000 |
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Propylene |
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2,610,000 |
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Propylene oxide |
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675,000 |
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Sulfuric acid |
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920,000 |
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Plasticizers |
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535,000 |
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Capital expenditures |
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Location |
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Project |
Additional annual capacity through expansion (metric tons) |
Total annual capacity (metric tons) |
Startup |
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Caojing, China |
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Expansion: MDI plant1 |
240,000 |
480,000 |
2017 |
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Freeport, Texas |
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Construction: ammonia plant2 |
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750,000 |
2017 |
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Geismar, Louisiana |
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Expansion: butanediol plant |
n/a |
160,000 |
2016 |
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Korla, China |
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Construction: butanediole plant3 |
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100,000 |
2016 |
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Construction: PolyTHF® plant |
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50,000 |
2016 |
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Kuantan, Malaysia |
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Construction: 2-ethylhexanoic acid plant |
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30,000 |
2016 |
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Ludwigshafen, Germany |
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Construction: TDI plant |
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300,000 |
2015/2016 |
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Replacement: acetylene plant |
n/a |
90,000 |
2019 |
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Pasadena, Texas |
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Changeover of plasticizers production to dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) |
n/a |
n/a |
2017 |
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