Products and Investments Products, customers and applications Division Products Customer industries and applications Petrochemicals Ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, alcohols, solvents, plasticizers, alkylene oxides, glycols, acrylic monomers, styrene and polystyrene, styrenic foams, superabsorbents Use in the BASF VerbundChemical and plastics industry, construction, detergent, hygiene, automotive, packaging and textile industries; production of paints, coatings, cosmetics, oilfield and paper chemicals 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 VerbundChemical, plastics, coatings, construction, automotive, textile, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries Production of detergents and cleaners as well as crop protection products and textile fibers Material investments Location Project Additional annual capacity through expansion (metric tons) Total annual capacity (metric tons) Startup a Operated by a joint venture with Sinopec Antwerp, Belgium Expansion: ethylene oxide plant n/a n/a 2022 Feedstock flexibilization of steam cracker – 1,080,000 2019 Ludwigshafen, Germany Replacement: acetylene plant 15,000 90,000 2019 Nanjing, China Construction: specialty amines plant 21,000 n/a 2019 Expansion: propionic acid planta 30,000 69,000 2019 Expansion: neopentyl glycol planta 40,000 80,000 2020 Expansion: tertiary butylamine plant 30% increase – 2022 Production capacities of significant productsa Sites Product Europe North America Asia Pacific South America, Africa, Middle East Annual capacity (metric tons) a 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 Benzene 910,000 Butadiene 680,000 Butanediol equivalents 670,000 Ethanolamines and derivatives 430,000 Ethylene 3,480,000 Ethylene oxide 1,445,000 Neopentyl glycol 205,000 Oxo-C4 alcohols (calculated as butyraldehyde) 1,625,000 PolyTHF® 350,000 Propionic acid 180,000 Propylene 2,610,000 Styropor®/Neopor® 545,000 Superabsorbents 590,000 Plasticizers 595,000 back next