# BASF breaks ground on final phase of MDI capacity expansion at Geismar site

BASF has broken ground on the third and final phase of its MDI expansion project at the Geismar, Louisiana Verbund site. The company will increase production capacity to approximately 600,000 metric tons per year by the middle of the decade, with an investment of $780 million for this phase.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-03-06
- Where: Geismar, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $780.0M
- Starts operating: Q3 2025
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 600,000 metric tons per year of MDI
- Products: methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [markets.financialcontent.com](https://markets.financialcontent.com/bostonherald/article/gnwcq-2023-1-11-basf-breaks-ground-on-mdi-capacity-expansion-project-at-geismar-site), 2019-03-06: "BASF has broken ground on the third and final phase of the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana"

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