A small step for the project A big step for the industry – written after the first plant of the BASF (Guangdong) Verbund project was put into operation

On September 6, the BASF (Guangdong) Integrated Base Project (hereinafter referred to as BASF Zhanjiang Project), the largest single project invested by German companies in China, held a comprehensive construction and commissioning ceremony

A window for the introduction of advanced technologies

In fact, as soon as BASF's Zhanjiang project was announced in July 2018, it aroused strong attention

From the start of the base project, to the laying of the first pile, to the commissioning of the first plant, BASF's Zhanjiang project has always attracted the attention of

Li Shousheng, president of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, said in an exclusive interview with the reporter of China Chemical Industry News that the base will become a window for BASF's advanced technology to enter China and become one

It is understood that BASF's Zhanjiang project uses a direct cracking process of crude oil to produce ethylene, abandoning the traditional refining process from the source; In the production of more than a dozen high-end new materials, BASF will also industrialize the application of several technologies

The relevant person in charge of BASF told reporters that in terms of intelligence, the device applies the company's latest and most advanced production technology, including automatic packaging, high-tech control systems, automatic guided vehicles, etc.

In terms of green electricity, BASF aims to maximize the use of renewable electricity at the Zhanjiang Verbund site in order to minimize its carbon footprint

Demonstration effect of synthetic resin upgrades

BASF said that the BASF Zhanjiang project, with a total investment of about 10 billion euros, was launched in November 2019 and mainly includes an annual output of 1 million tons of ethylene and downstream processing units

For the first plant to be put into operation, the relevant person in charge of BASF said that after the start of production, BASF's total production capacity of modified engineering plastics in the Asia-Pacific region will increase to 420,000 tons

Although the scale of the 60,000-ton modified plastic plant with an annual output of 60,000 tons is not large, the significance behind it is very far-reaching

For the future direction of the site, the relevant person in charge of BASF revealed that in the second half of 2023, the thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) plant at the Zhanjiang integrated site will also be put into production

Li Shousheng expects that after the completion of BASF's Zhanjiang project, the supply capacity of high-end new chemical materials in China will be significantly improved, especially in the new chemical materials for automobiles, electronics and textiles, which will fill a large number of supply gaps

Pull the radiation effect of the economy

According to the relevant person in charge of BASF, in the next decade, 60% of the growth of global chemical demand will come from China

Li Shousheng believes that the Pearl River Delta is an important growth pole