BASF's new antioxidant plant phase II is completed and put into operation at its base in Shanghai

new synthesis plant will support China's fast-growing antioxidant market
world-class production facilitieswith with an annual production capacity of 42,000 tons
and on December 17th, BASF's new world-class antioxidant plant at its base in Shanghai was officially launchedThe second phase of the plant includes a composite device for the production of the antioxidantirgafos®168 and Irganox®1076With the completion of the second phase of the project, the annual production capacity of the plant will reach 42,000 tons, mainly to serve Chinese customers"When the company first decided to build new plants to support BASF's growing antioxidant business, we sought to complete the construction in a fast, safe and efficient manner," said Hermann Althoff, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific, basf's Performance Chemicals Division,The new unit uses the most efficient production process and is designed to meet high environmental standardsThe plant is located at BASF's basf site in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone, and basf's research and development center in Shanghai also provides technical support to polymer producers and the processing industry"
incorporated a sustainable concept into the design and operation
the first phase of the plant, including a liquid antioxidant production plant, a particle-form production facility and a powder mixing plant, was officially launched in January 2019This is the first time BASF has built a plant using a modular concept, and the project was completed in just 10 months, half the time required for the site constructionIn just 230 days, BASF has pre-fabricated 10 unit modules outside the base, each weighing up to 440 tonsAfter the completion of the module prefabrication, 24 hours of shipping through the East China Sea and the Yangtze River arrived at the base, after which it took only five days to complete the on-site assemblythe sustainable operation of the device is an important part of its designThe new plant's process technology uses less energy than existing antioxidant devices, producing less waste per ton of product sonFor example, most of the plant's process water will be reused in production and new drying techniques will be used to reduce solid wastethanks to these process features, the, the installation was recently allocated Rmb50m (about 6.5m euros) by the Shanghai governmentThe funding stems from a plan set up in 2015 to transform and upgrade Shanghai's industrial economy, encourage companies in Shanghai to invest in environmentally friendly technologies, and promote energy conservation and emission reductionantioxidants help prevent thermal oxidation of plastics in high-temperature processing environmentsOxidation causes material shock strength and elongation to decrease, surface cracking and discolorationOxidation degradation occurs in almost all polymer materials at one or more stages of production, processing and useBASF's global production network is the only supplier with a production base for plastic additives in Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East