BASF’s MDI plant at a U.S. factory will double production capacity

German chemical giant BASF recently announced that it will expand and transform the 300,000-ton MDI unit at its Geismar, Louisiana plant to double its production capacity. The plan is expected to be officially launched in 2020 and will last about five years.

Stefano Pigozzi, President of BASF (Global) Monomers Division, gave a detailed introduction to this : “We will use the group’s latest patented technology to carry out device transformation. This is a step-by-step, step-by-step process. We have completed some basic engineering planning and will start preliminary facility construction in mid-2018. Follow-up work will be carried out as the business The promotion will be carried out simultaneously until the end of the project. By then, the group will have the industry’s leading productivity and energy efficiency. In addition, multiple MDI upstream raw material units at the Geismar plant will also be adjusted accordingly.” p>

Stefan Doerr, head of the Monomer Division of BASF (North America), also fully agrees with this : “The Group’s expansion of production in Geismar is indeed a wise choice. By combining our advanced productivity with the local’s unique advantages in raw material reserves such as shale gas, we can meet the company’s own production needs. , it can supply related product markets locally and even globally, which can be said to be a huge benefit without any harm.”

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