Products and Investments Products, customers and applications Division Products Customer industries and applications Dispersions & Pigments Polymer dispersions, pigments, resins, formulation additives, electronic materials Coating, construction, paper, adhesives, printing and packaging, plastics and electronic industries Care Chemicals Ingredients for skin and hair cleansing and care products, such as emollients, cosmetic active ingredients, polymers and UV filtersIngredients for detergents and cleaners in household, institution or industry, such as surfactants, enzymes, chelating agents, polymers, biocides and products for optical effectsExcipients for crop protection product formulations, products for concrete additives and chemical processes such as emulsion polymerization, metal surface treatments or textile processing, as well as products for biofuels and other industrial applicationsSuperabsorbents for baby diapers, incontinence products and feminine hygiene articles Use in the BASF VerbundChemical and plastics industry, detergent, hygiene, automotive, packaging and textile industries; production of paints, coatings, and cosmetics as well as oilfield, construction and paper chemicals Nutrition & Health Additives for the food and feed industries, such as vitamins, carotenoids, sterols, enzymes, emulsifiers and omega-3 fatty acidsIndustrial enzymes for ethanol productionFlavors and fragrances, such as citral, geraniol, citronellol, L-menthol and linaloolExcipients for the pharmaceutical industry and selected, high-volume active pharmaceutical ingredients, such as ibuprofen and omega-3 fatty acids Use in the BASF VerbundIndustries such as plastics, woodworking, furniture, packaging, textile, construction and automotive Performance Chemicals Antioxidants, light stabilizers and flame retardants for plastic applicationsFuel and refinery additives, polyisobutene, brake fluids and engine coolants, lubricant additives and basestocks, components for metalworking fluids and compounded lubricantsProcess chemicals for the extraction of oil, gas, metals and minerals, chemicals for enhanced oil recoveryFunctional chemicals and process chemicals for the production of paper and cardboard, water treatment chemicals, membrane technologies, kaolin minerals Use in the BASF VerbundPlastics, coatings and pharmaceutical industries, production of detergents and cleaners as well as crop protection products and textile fibers Production capacities of significant products1 Sites Product Europe North America Asia Pacific South America, Africa, Middle East Annual capacity (metric tons) 1 All capacities are included at 100%, including plants belonging to joint operations and joint ventures. Anionic surfactants 600,000 Citral 78,000 Chelating agents 170,000 Methane sulfonic acid 30,000 Nonionic surfactants 635,000 Polyisobutene 265,000 Superabsorbents 590,000 Investments Location Project Startup Antwerp, Belgium Gradual capacity expansion: alkoxylates 2018–2021 Bishop, Texas Capacity expansion: production plant for ibuprofen 2019 Düsseldorf, Germany Gradual upgrade of production plants in accordance with the Good Manufacturing Practice Standard issued by the European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients (EFfCI) 2022 Jiaxing, China Construction: production plant for electronic-grade sulfuric acid 2018 Jurong, Singapore Capacity expansion: antioxidants (Irganox®) 2021 Kaisten, Switzerland Capacity expansion: antioxidants (Irganox®) 2019 Kuantan, Malaysia Construction: aroma ingredients complex 2017/2018 Ludwigshafen, Germany Expansion: production plant for dispersions 2018 Construction: production plant for vitamin A 2020 Construction: production plant for ibuprofen 2022 Nanjing, China Capacity expansion: polyacrylamide plant 2018 Pasir Gudang, Malaysia Capacity expansion: production plant for acrylics dispersions 2020 Shanghai, China Construction: production plant for plastic additives 2019 back next