BASF's new antioxidant plant Phase II is in production in Shanghai.

Today, BASF's new world-class antioxidant plant PHASE II is officially launched at its Shanghai base. Phase II of the plant includes a synthesis unit for the production of antioxidants Irgafos® 168 and Irganox ® 1076. With the completion of the second phase of the project, the plant will have an annual production capacity of 42,000 tons, mainly serving

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Hermann Althoff, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific, BASF's Specialty Chemicals Division: "When the company first decided to build a new plant to support BASF's growing antioxidant business, we sought to complete the construction in a fast, safe and efficient manner. The new unit uses the most efficient production process and is designed to meet high environmental standards. The plant is located at BASF's base in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone, and the BASF Research and Development Center in Shanghai provides technical support to polymer manufacturers and the processing industry. At the launch ceremony,
Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific at BASF's Specialty Chemicals Division (right) and Wang Lei, purchasing manager of Bolu Plastics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., handed over the first production of Irganox®1076 antioxidants
to the concept of sustainable development in design and operation This is the first time BASF has built a plant using a modular concept, completing a project in just 10 months, half the time required for on-site construction. In just 230 days, BASF has pre-made 10 unit modules outside its base, each weighing up to 440 tons. The module was prefabribribrioed and arrived at the base via 24-hour shipping from the East China Sea and the Yangtze River, after which it took only five days to complete on-site assembly.
operation of the plant is an important part of its design. Compared to existing antioxidant units, the new unit's process technology uses less energy and produces less waste per ton of production. For example, most of the plant's process water will be reused for production and new drying techniques will be used to reduce solid waste.
to these process features, the device recently received a Grant of Rmb50m (about 6.5m euros) from the Shanghai municipal government. The money comes from a program set up in 2015 to transform and upgrade Shanghai's industrial economy, encourage companies in Shanghai to invest in environmentally beneficial technologies and promote energy conservation and emission reduction.
antioxidants help prevent thermal oxidation of plastics in high-temperature processing environments. Oxidation can cause material shock strength and elongation to decrease, surface cracking and color change. At one or more stages of production, processing and use, almost all polymer materials are oxidized and degraded.
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