Company/Division name | BASF Total Petrochemicals |
Parent company | BASF Corp. & Total Petrochemicals and Refining |
Type of work | Manufacturing |
Reshoring category: | Foreign Direct Investment |
Year reshoring announced: | 2017 |
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented: | 2017 |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | France,Germany |
City reshored to: | Port Arthur |
State(s) reshored to: | TX |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Chemicals |
Product(s) reshored | propylene |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Other, chem update |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Customization/Flexibility, Eco-system synergies, Higher productivity, U.S. price of natural gas/chemicals/electricity, Other, meet growing demand |