On November 3, BASF announced that it had signed an investment agreement with the Nanjing Jiangbei New Area to build a new electronic materials production site in the Nanjing Jiangbei New Material Technology Park, with operations expected to begin by the end of 2028.
This is an important move by BASF to further expand its electronic materials business in Nanjing. The new site will provide localized production and technical support for the semiconductor industry and strengthen collaboration with upstream and downstream customers across the value chain.
The company has not yet disclosed which specific products the new site will manufacture. Based on BASF’s existing electronic materials business, its Dispersions & Resins division recorded sales of €4.801 billion in 2025, with electronics accounting for 41% of sales to direct customer industries. Its products cover semiconductor manufacturing steps including wafer cleaning, etching, lithography, chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), and wet deposition, providing high-purity process chemicals and customized formulation solutions.
On October 20 this year, BASF also announced an expansion of advanced semiconductor materials capacity at its Guanyin site in Taoyuan, Taiwan, China, and strengthened its innovation center and quality analysis capabilities, targeting markets including advanced process nodes below 2 nm.
BASF’s Nanjing production network is already quite mature. Its integrated site is a 50:50 joint venture between BASF and Sinopec. As of the end of 2025, it operated 38 production plants, with cumulative investment of about RMB 39 billion and sales of about RMB 16.3 billion in 2025.
In addition, BASF operates a wholly owned production site in Nanjing, covering products such as amines, water treatment monomers, and coatings additives.
Located in the same park, the new electronic materials site can leverage BASF’s existing production support, supply chain, and technical service network to shorten the period from construction to operation.
