BASF approves $780M expansion to double MDI capacity at Geismar, Louisiana

BASF announced a final investment decision on a $780 million project to double methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) production capacity at its Geismar Verbund site in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The expansion is the third phase of a plan announced in 2018, and upon completion the site will produce 600,000 metric tons per year of MDI.

“BASF announced a final investment decision on a $780 million project to double production capacity at its chemical manufacturing complex in Ascension Parish, marking the beginning of the third and final phase of an expansion plan announced in 2018.”intrepidindustries.com

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• intrepidindustries.comIndustry Update | Expansion | BASF | NewsPaxton GuidrozJul 19, 2021

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