View of BASF Geismar Verbund Site North America. Courtesy: BASF

BASF has started engineering for a stepwise capacity increase of its methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) production facilities at the company's Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana.

Capacity will be increased incrementally from 300,000 metric tons per year to around 600,000 metric tons per year.

"The engineering for the capacity increase of the MDI synthesis has already started. In subsequent steps, which will be implemented in alignment with business development, the MDI precursor units in Geismar will be expanded accordingly," said Stefano Pigozzi, President of BASF's Monomers division.

"The usage of latest proprietary technologies will ensure best-in-class productivity and energy efficiency."

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