BASF's plans 200mn Euro investment to up ethylene capacity by 2007
30 Aug '05
3 min read
The expansion will thus further secure the competitive supply of BASF's internal value chains with the whole range of cracker products. “This expansion will further strengthen the competitive position of the steam cracker and all downstream units that are supplied with cracker products. This project is a major step to further optimize BASF's highly integrated Verbund structure in Antwerp,” said John Dejaeger, Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee of BASF Antwerp NV.
Mainly based on naphtha as feedstock, BASF's steam crackers produce a wide range of petrochemical base products, such as ethylene, propylene, butadiene and aromatics. These products are then used as raw materials in numerous downstream plants, where they are converted into intermediates for a vast array of industries and consumer products.
Via BASF's value chains, the products from the steam cracker are ultimately used in the automobile and construction industries, as well as in the production of detergents, packaging, household appliances, and numerous other consumer goods.
BASF operates other steam crackers in Ludwigshafen, Germany; Port Arthur, Texas; and Nanjing, China.
Chemical producer, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (AG), of Ludwigshafen, Germany, was incorporated in 1865. Eight years later, the company became active in North America by establishing a partnership with a New York City-based marketing company.
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