BASF Establishes Brake Oil Raw Material Plant at China Fairpoint

Methyl Glycol Production Capacity of 46,000 Tons per Year
Scheduled to Operate by the End of 2025... Responding to Increasing Demand

Global chemical company BASF announced on the 3rd that it will build a world-class methyl glycol plant with an annual production capacity of 46,000 tons at its Verbund production complex located in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, China.

BASF stated, "This plant is scheduled to start operations by the end of 2025," adding, "The construction of the new plant will be able to meet the growing demand for brake oil in the Asia-Pacific automotive market."

The new methyl glycol plant will produce methyl diglycol (MDG), methyl triglycol (MTG), and methyl tetraglycol (MTEG) using methanol and purified polyethylene oxide (PEO) as raw materials. Among these, methyl triglycol is used as a key raw material for the production of automotive brake oil.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the methyl glycol plant held recently at the Fairmont production complex in Zhanjiang, China
[Photo by BASF]

Vir Darbar Meta, Head of BASF's Petrochemical Division in the Asia-Pacific region, said, "The new plant will be China's first methyl glycol plant integrated downstream of a steam cracker, supporting the rapidly growing demand in the brake oil market."

He added, "Through BASF's proprietary process technology, we expect to produce stable, competitive, and high-quality products that will meet the needs of downstream businesses and customers."

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