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BASF Nanjing Verbund site

An integrated Verbund site jointly run by BASF and Sinopec (50-50)

Location: Nanjing Jiangbei New Materials High-Tech Park, Jiangsu

Key milestones:

  • Established in 2000
  • Commercial production since 2005
  • Inauguration of its second phase in 2012
  • Inauguration of its 2.8 phase in 2023
  • Launched the Light Hydrocarbon Comprehensive Utilization Project of Nanjing YPC BYC Olefins Company Limited together with Yangtze Petrochemical Company in 2024
  • Operating 38 production plants by the end of 2025

Products: Low density polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate, ethylene glycol, polystyrene, acrylic acid and acrylic esters, non-ionic surfactants, superabsorbent polymers, n-butanol, iso-butanol, 2-propyl-heptanol, butadiene, polyisobutene, etc.

2025 facts and figures:

  • Total investment of $6 billion
  • 2,134 employees
  • Sales in 2025: €2.0 billion

BASF Nanjing site

A BASF wholly-owned production site for multiple products, including water-treatment monomers, amine products and coating additives

Location: Nanjing Jiangbei New Materials High-tech Park, Jiangsu

Key milestones:

  • Became BASF’s wholly-owned company in 2009, and renamed as BASF Specialty Chemicals (Nanjing) Co. Ltd. in 2011  
  • Operating ten plants as of the end of 2025

Products: ACM, AGEFLEX® FA1Q80MC, Anionic Flocculant, Cationic Flocculant, t-BA (tert.-Butylamine), DMAPA (3-(dimethylamino) Propylamine), PEA (polyetheramine), N-Octylamine A/P, 1,2-Propylenediamine, additives for painting, ink, coating and adhesive.

Employees from the BASF water treatment and paper chemicals plant in Nanjing, China (general manager Mingwei Qin, operator Miaomiao Jiao, and project operation manager Justin Brightmore) conduct a site tour with a customer, Zeming Wang from SINOPEC Yangzi Petrochemical Co. Ltd., accompanied by a sales colleague, Michael Wang.
Dexi Zhu (left) and Jing Wang (right), both operators, carry out a regular inspection on the roof top of the non-flammable tank in the evening at a BASF water treatment and paper chemicals plant in Nanjing, China. Print free of charge. Copyright by BASF. Dexi Zhu (links) und Jing Wang (rechts), beide Mitarbeiter, bei einer abendlichen Routineüberprüfung auf dem Dach des nichtentflammbaren Tanks im BASF-Wasserbehandlungs- und Papierchemikalienwerk in Nanjing/China. Abdruck honorarfrei. Copyright by BASF.,Dexi Zhu (left) and Jing Wang (right), both operators, carry out a regular inspection on the roof top of the non-flammable tank in the evening at a BASF water treatment and paper chemicals plant in Nanjing, China. Print free of charge. Copyright by BASF. Dexi Zhu (links) und Jing Wang (rechts), beide Mitarbeiter, bei einer abendlichen Routineüberprüfung auf dem Dach des nichtentflammbaren Tanks im BASF-Wasserbehandlungs- und Papierchemikalienwerk in Nanjing/China. Abdruck honorarfrei. Copyright by BASF.