BASF officially commissioned a new plant in Saint Petersburg. The event was attended by political representatives from the Russian Federation and Germany as well as the representatives of BASF.

“Our goal is to remain the growth-oriented leader in the chemical industry, providing innovative solutions, services, expertise and technologies that support our customers in the various industries and the overall Russian economy”, Christoph Roehrig, head of BASF in Russia and CIS, marked. “We aim to further enhance the presence of BASF in Russia as well as to focus on the development in promising Russian regions. Primarily, we will concentrate on those business segments, where we need to be close to our local customers to meet fully their requirements – a good example here is the construction chemicals market”.

The new plant has three lines which produce, respectively, concrete additives, alkali-free concrete setting accelerators, and tunneling shield lubricants. Investments in the new production facility at this stage amounted to about 5 million euros.