This visual report presents the 2025 outlook for the European chemical industry, highlighting new construction and expansion projects. It details the involved companies, target substances, and countries where these developments are taking place.
Project locations
New plants and plant expansions expected to be completed throughout 2025 across Europe.
Plant and project location data provided by chemXplore Analytics.
Categories
Each project is labeled with one or more categories or sectors based on their target chemical processes. As can be seen from the chart, biobased & circular and energy related investments clearly outnumber other categories in 2025.
A total of 98 projects are expected to be completed.
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New construction vs expansion
- New construction: 60
- Expansion: 31
Current project status
Of all the projects scheduled for completion in 2025, 28 have been completed by now.
Project data provided by chemXplore Analytics.
Target substances top 10
Number of projects that target the production of these chemical substances. In addtion to targeting the production of substances, there are also 6 projects aiming to capture & store carbon dioxide (CCS).
Most targeted substances include Hydrogen, Carbon dioxide, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Pyrolysis oil, Plastic waste, Water, Methanol, and PET.
Owners & Investors
Top 7 companies involved as owner and/or investor in a project:
BASF, TotalEnergies, Borealis, Repsol, Merck, WACKER, Ercros, Evonik, Mitsui Chemicals, and ORLEN.
Countries top 7
Chemical clusters
Many projects are located on a chemical park or cluster. This is the top 5 with the highest number of projects to be completed in 2025:
Port Of Antwerp, Chemmed Cluster Tarragona, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Schwechat , ZILS - Sines Industrial and Logistics Zone, Chemical Cluster Delfzijl, and Saltend Chemicals Park.
Engineering & Construction top 7
Average Investment Amount
The average investment value per project.