BIZCHINA / Overseas Investment

Bayer to build factory complex
By Wang Ying (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-03-30 14:52

German petrochemical giant, Bayer AG, will spend US$1.8 billion building a petrochemical complex in Shanghai over the next four years, senior executives said yesterday.

Bayer MaterialScience, which makes petrochemical materials, will be based at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. This venture will be the largest and most modern polyurethane operation in the world, Frank Grunert, vice-president of Bayer MaterialScience's Asia-Pacific business, told reporters yesterday in Beijing.

The total investment includes the world's largest facility to produce polyurethane raw materials, plants to produce other petrochemical products, as well as infrastructure and logistics.


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