BASF-YPC Company Limited (BYC) will expand the production capacity of Neopentylglycol (NPG) from 40,000 metric tons to 80,000 metric tons per year. The expanded capacity will come on stream in 2020.
"With this increased capacity, we will support the fast-growing customer demand for high-quality NPG in China and the Asia Pacific region. The expansion is also in line with the trend towards environmentally friendly powder coatings with low volatile organic compounds, or VOCs," said Narayan Krishnamohan, Senior Vice President, BASF Intermediates Asia Pacific. "As a globally leading supplier of NPG, we have decades of experience in manufacturing and supplying NPG to our customers across a broad range of industries. Customers will benefit from our regional presence, innovation strength, flexibility and reliability of supply."
"The investment further strengthens strategic success between SINOPEC and BASF as we both support the trend of sustainable development. Both SINOPEC and BASF have confidence in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and its future prospects, as an ideal investment destination," Mr Li Cheng Feng, Chairman of Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Company Limited and BYC.
NPG is a unique polyalcohol offering superior performance in many end-use applications such as powder coatings, textiles and construction due to its high chemical and thermal stability. It is mainly used as a building block in polyester resins for coatings, unsaturated polyester and alkyd resins, lubricants and plasticizers. As the global market leader, BASF has NPG production facilities in Ludwigshafen, Germany; Freeport, Texas, United States and Jilin, China.
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