Products and investments Products, customers and applications Division Products Customer industries and applications Petrochemicals Basic products: ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, alcohols, solvents, plasticizers, alkylene oxides, glycols and acrylic monomersSpecialties: special plasticizers, special acrylates Use in the BASF VerbundChemical and plastics industry, detergent, hygiene, automotive, packaging and textile industries; production of paints, coatings, and cosmetics as well as oilfield, construction and paper chemicals Monomers 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 Use in the BASF VerbundIndustries such as plastics, electronics, lumber, furniture, packaging, textile, construction and automotive Intermediates Basic products: butanediol and derivatives, alkylamines and alkanolamines, neopentyl glycol, formic and propionic acidSpecialties: specialty amines such as tertiary butylamine and polyetheramine, gas treatment chemicals, vinyl monomers, acid chlorides, chloroformates, chiral intermediates Use in the BASF VerbundPlastics, coatings and pharmaceutical industries, production of detergents and cleaners as well as crop protection products and textile fibers (XLS:) Download Production capacities of significant products1 Sites Product Europe North America Asia Pacific South America, Africa, Middle East Annual capacity (metric tons) 1 All capacities are included at 100%, including plants belonging to joint operations and joint ventures. Acrylic acid 1,510,000 Alkylamines 250,000 Formic acid 305,000 Ammonia 1,525,000 Benzene 910,000 Butadiene 680,000 Butanediol equivalents 670,000 Chlorine 385,000 Ethanolamines and derivatives 430,000 Ethylene 3,480,000 Ethylene oxide 1,445,000 Urea 545,000 Isocyanates 2,610,000 Caustic soda 360,000 Neopentyl glycol 205,000 Oxo-C4 alcohols (calculated as butyraldehyde) 1,625,000 Polyamide 6 and 6.6 820,000 Polyamide precursors 910,000 PolyTHF® 350,000 Propionic acid 150,000 Propylene 2,610,000 Propylene oxide 675,000 Sulfuric acid 920,000 Plasticizers 595,000 (XLS:) Download Investments Location Project Additional annual capacity through expansion (metric tons) Total annual capacity (metric tons) Startup 1 Operated by an associated company with Yara International ASA 2 Operated by a joint venture with Sinopec 3 Operated by an associated company with Huntsman, Shanghai Hua Yi (Group) Company, Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical Co. Ltd. and Sinopec Group Assets Management Corp. Freeport, Texas Construction: ammonia plant1 750,000 2018 Ludwigshafen, Germany Replacement: acetylene plant n/a 90,000 2019 Nanjing, China Construction: specialty amines plant 21,000 n/a 2019 Expansion: propionic acid plant2 30,000 69,000 2019 Pasadena, Texas Changeover of plasticizers production to dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) 60,000 2017 Shanghai, China Expansion: MDI plant3 240,000 480,000 2017 back next
