# BASF to invest $87M in second phase of MDI plant expansion in Geismar

BASF announced a $87 million investment for the second phase of its MDI expansion at the Geismar, Louisiana plant. The project is expected to be completed by 2021 and will help double MDI output to about 600,000 tonnes per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-02-25
- Where: Geismar, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $87.0M
- Jobs: 170
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300,000 t/a additional MDI (to ~600,000 t/a total)
- Products: MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [echemi.com](https://www.echemi.com/cms/85331.html), 2020-02-25: "BASF, a major player in the polyurethane industry, reported that it would invest $87 million in a plant in gasma, Louisiana, for the second phase of the MDI expansion."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.