BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
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About BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
With an area of approximately ten square kilometres the Ludwigshafen Verbund site is the world’s largest integrated chemical complex. As the headquarters of BASF, it is also the cradle of the Verbund concept, where production facilities, energy flows and logistics are networked together intelligently. This integration leads to efficient value-adding chains from basic chemicals to highly sophisticated products. The backbone of the Ludwigshafen production Verbund is a dense network of around 200 production plants that are connected to each other by over 2,850 kilometers of pipelines and more than 230 kilometers of rail track. At BASF’s Ludwigshafen site, some 8,000 sales products are produced with a total volume of 8.5 million metric tons per year from just a few raw materials, such as naphtha, rock salt and sulfur. The site also serves as a technology platform and the center of corporate research.
Segments
- Chemicals (Petrochemicals, Intermediates)
- Materials (Performance Materials, Monomers)
- Industrial Solutions (Dispersions & Pigments, Performance Chemicals)
- Surface Technologies (Catalysts, Coatings, Construction Chemicals)
- Nutrition & Care (Care Chemicals, Nutrition & Health)
- Agricultural Solutions
Number of Employees
About 39,000 people are directly employed at BASF Ludwigshafen Site (BASF SE, BASF Group companies and third party companies)
Area
Total | 1000.0 hectare |
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Free | 50.0 hectare |
Infrastructure and Connectivity
Highway | yes | |
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Railway | yes | |
Waterway | yes | |
Sea harbor | no |
Compounds
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Logistics
An effective logistical infrastructure complements the Verbund. Keystones are the intermodal transport terminal (300,000 units/year), the modern logistics center (100,000 tons packed chemicals, eightfold throughput per year), harbor facilities and connection by block trains to Antwerp, Rotterdam, Eastern Germany and the Mediterranean Sea. Furthermore, ethylene and propylene pipelines link Ludwigshafen to other key chemical complexes.
Feedstocks
Comprehensive production Verbund: organic, inorganic and intermediate products.
Utilities
Electricity, steam, natural gas, industrial gases, water
Storage
Warehouses and tank farms
Investments on this park
2021-01-01
2020-01-01
2018-12-19
2017-01-01
2016-10-04
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Companies on this park
News
BASF ramps up Methane sulfonic acid output at the Ludwigshafen Verbund site in Germany
New methane sulfonic acid plant started up at Ludwigshafen. Additional sales volumes available in the third quarter of 2022. Special properties of methane sulfonic acid add value in numerous applic...
BASF replaces plant for 2-Mercaptoethanol in Ludwigshafen, Germany
The plant replaces the previous plant at the Ludwigshafen site, which is being closed after more than 40 years of operation.
BASF modernizes production of chloroformates and acid chlorides at Ludwigshafen, Germany
Investment in reliable production and capacity expansion. Around 30 individual products with a diverse range of applications
BASF expands production capacity for feed enzymes at Ludwigshafen, Germany
Expansion of BASF’s Ludwigshafen enyzme plant has started production and larger volumes of BASF feed enzymes are already available. BASF’s animal nutrition business to serve the growing demand for ...