BASF Verbund Site Nanjing (China)

BASF-YPC Company Ltd. is a role model of successful Sino-German cooperation.

The integrated petrochemical composite at Nanjing is a 50:50 joint venture between BASF and Chi-na Petroleum & Chemical Company (Sinopec). It is located close to the Yangtze River in Luhe District of Nanjing Municipality. Within Nanjing Chemical Industry Park (NCIP), BASF-YPC enjoys a favorable environment for further expansion as well as synergies with neigh-boring enterprises.

With 220 hectares, the Asian composite is around one third of the area of the BASF head-quarters at Ludwigshafen.

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11/08/16

Production - Activities in the plants

BASF-YPC is a good example of BASF’s Verbund concept. Production plants are intelligently linked together via a network of pipelines. This saves logistics costs for transporting chem-icals, raw materials and energy. One example: ...

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Plants at night - Activities in the plants

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Naphtha tank farm - Naphtha is a main raw material for the Verbund.

Naphtha is the basis for a large number of important basic chemical compounds, especially ethylene and propylene. Ethylene and propylene are the most important molecules in the chemical industry. They are precursors for plastics, ...

11/08/16

Impressionen - Werksanlagen des Verbundstandorts Nanjing

BASF-YPC Company Limited is jointly operated in Nanjing by BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Company (Sinopec) as an integrated petrochemical Verbund site. The Verbund system achieves extremely efficient production and safety ...

11/08/16

Logistics - Loading and Unloading

BASF’s rules and measures for transportation safety apply to the delivery, storage and dis-tribution of chemicals between all our sites, suppliers and customers. Our transportation safety advisors subsequently evaluate all ...

11/08/16

Logistics - A quay at the Yangtze

BASF’s rules and measures for transportation safety apply to the delivery, storage and distribution of chemicals between all our sites, suppliers and customers. Our transportation safety advisors subsequently evaluate all ...

11/08/16

Traffic at the site

10/10/16

Dr. Stephan Kothrade The President of the BASF-YPC on a plant tour

The President of the BASF-YPC on a plant tour with the plant manager.
BASF-YPC Company Limited is jointly operated in Nanjing by BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Company (Sinopec) as an integrated petrochemical Verbund site. ...