BASF Inaugurates New Antioxidants Synthesis PlantBASF Inaugurates New Antioxidants Synthesis Plant

German chemicals and materials firm BASF announced Monday that it has inaugurated a new synthesis plant at its Caojing site in Shanghai, China to produce the antioxidants Irgafos 168 and Irganox 1076. The facility is the second phase of a project to boost antioxidants manufacturing at the site. 

“When we decided to construct a new plant to support our growing antioxidants business, we sought to build it quickly, safely and efficiently,” Hermann Althoff, senior vice president, Performance Chemicals, Asia Pacific at BASF, said in a company press release. “The plant is designed to reach high environmental standards, using the most efficient production processes. Located within the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, it also benefits from our Research and Development Center in Shanghai, that provides technical support to polymer producers and to the converting industry.”

The first phase of the company’s project at Caojing added units for powder blending, formgiving, and liquid antioxidants. Low-energy process technology was installed in the site, as well as new drying technology to reduce solid waste and systems to reuse process water. 

BASF’s new synthesis plant has a capacity of 42,000 tn/yr. Products made with the new assets will mainly be used by customers in China. 

Earlier this month, the company revealed plans to build a new production plant at its existing automotive refinish coatings site in Jiangmen, China. The new automotive refinish coatings facility is expected to start production in the first half of 2022. 

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