# BASF completes MDI capacity expansion in Antwerp, Belgium

BASF completed a capacity increase of its MDI production facilities at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium, raising annual capacity from 560,000 to 650,000 metric tons.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-01-23
- Where: Antwerp, Belgium, Belgium
- Starts operating: 23 Jan 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 650,000 metric tons per year
- Products: methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md)

## Sources

- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2017/01/p-17-110), 2017-01-22: "BASF has completed a capacity increase of its methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) production facilities at the company´s Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium."
- [chemxplore.com](https://chemxplore.com/news/mdi-capacity-increases-at-basf-verbund-site-in-antwerp-belgium), 2017-01-22: "BASF has completed a capacity increase of its methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) production facilities at the company´s Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium."

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