BASF Tarragona
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About BASF Tarragona
Located in the largest chemical complex in southern Europe, BASF Tarragona is one of the company's main production centers. In an area of more than 100 hectares , it houses four production plants operated by BASF, a joint venture with SONATRACH and five third-party company plants.
More than 700 employees are working at BASF Tarragona
Area
| Total | 112.0 hectare |
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| Free | 20.0 hectare |
Infrastructure and Connectivity
| Highway | yes | Direct connection to an extensive road network BASF Tarragona is about 8 km from Tarragona-Reus Airport and 80 km of Barcelona Airport |
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| Railway | yes | Rail connection to all docks |
| Waterway | yes | |
| Sea harbor | yes | Port with one of the greatest water depths in the Mediterranean: max. 21.5 metres. BASF Tarragona has its own berth in the port. |
Compounds
Production plants at BASF Tarragona supply industries that manufacture end products; such as detergents, cosmetics, plastics and fungicides. These produced substances fall into the following categories:
- Formulas for fungicides that are used to protect crops. More than 70 formulas are used to produce 2,500 finished products.
- Kresoxim-methyl an active ingredient of fungicides
- Propylene production at a Propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant (part of the joint venture between BASF and SONATRACH)
- Disperions and polymer solutions
- Polyester resins
Services
Fire station
Medical service
Environmental laboratory
Pipeline grid (Rack Dixquimics): connecting other companies and the port
Water treatment plant
Workshop facilities
Disposal
IGEST.RES hydrocarbon recycling plant with a treatment capacity of 15,000 tons per year and industrial water treatment with a production cap of 25,000 tons per year.
Storage
Dry bulk
BERTSCHI intermodal dry bulk logistics
Liquid bulk
BASF Tarragona has a tank park in the port of Tarragona.
Investments on this park
2023-01-01
Investment details2023-01-01
€ 400 mln Investment detailsPipeline grid availability
Companies on this park
News
BASF invests in capacity expansion of Basoflux® range of paraffin inhibitors in Tarragona, Spain.
Chemmed Cluster Tarragona → BASF Tarragona →Increased production at the BASF site in Tarragona, Spain to support growing global demand for high-quality paraffin inhibitor chemistries. Investment reinforces BASF’s commitment to innovative and...
BASF SONATRACH invests nearly 10 million euros in its PDH plant in Tarragona
Chemmed Cluster Tarragona → BASF Tarragona →Propylene producer BASF SONATRACH PropanChem, will carry out a project to eliminate bottlenecks in the production process, which will increase the plant's annual capacity from 370,000 to 420,000 tons.