BASF Breaks Ground on Polyethylene Plant
BASF has broken ground on a polyethylene (PE) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The new plant, which is scheduled to start up in 2025, has a capacity of 500,000 metric tons of PE annually. It will serve the fast-growing demand in China.
“China’s demand for PE has experienced rapid growth and is going to outpace the rest of the world,” commented Bir Darbar Mehta, Senior Vice President of Petrochemicals Asia Pacific at BASF.
“With the groundbreaking ceremony, BASF will enter the PE market in China via a competitive production footprint in its fully integrated production site in Zhanjiang, catering to our customers in the consumer goods, packaging, construction and transportation industries.”
Polyethylene is a light, versatile thermoplastic polymer produced from ethylene. It is employed in a variety of applications from heavy-duty storage tanks and pipelines to flexible packaging and films.
