# BASF completes second phase of MDI capacity expansion at Geismar, Louisiana

BASF completed the second phase of an expansion program at its Verbund site in Geismar, LA, increasing MDI capacity by one third. The company invested $87 million in the second phase and $150 million in the first phase. A final phase will boost MDI capacity from 300,000 mt/yr to 600,000 mt/yr by the middle of the decade.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-12-15
- Where: Geismar, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $87.0M
- Starts operating: 15 Dec 2021
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 300,000 mt/yr to 600,000 mt/yr (final phase)
- Products: methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [powderbulksolids.com](https://www.powderbulksolids.com/chemical/basf-adds-mdi-capacity-at-us-verbund-site), 2021-12-15: "BASF announced Tuesday that it recently completed the second phase of an expansion program at its Verbund site in Geismar, LA that increased the site’s capacity for methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) by one third."
- [coatingsworld.com](https://www.coatingsworld.com/breaking-news/basf-reaches-milestone-on-mdi-capacity-expansion-project-at-geismar-site/), 2022-01-07: "The second phase, which started up recently, expanded several existing upstream units and increased the overall MDI output of the Geismar complex by approximately one third."

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