# BASF expands MDI capacity at Geismar with $780 million project

BASF is expanding its methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) capacity at its Geismar, Louisiana Verbund site with a $780 million MDI 3 project, the final phase of a decades-long expansion, expected to be completed mid-decade.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-04-26
- Where: Geismar, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $780.0M
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: under construction
- Products: methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [bicmagazine.com](https://www.bicmagazine.com/projects-expansions/downstream/basfs-holland-heads-up-final-phase-of-decades-long-project/), 2023-04-26: "The MDI expansion is the biggest venture in the past 20 years, not only because this material is in high demand and a key component in many daily products such as foams for insulation and refrigeration in homes, but also is used to build lighter, more fuel-efficient cars."
- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2023/06/p-23-224), 2023-06-05: "BASF will expand its global alkyl polyglucosides (APG®s) production capacity with two expansions at its sites in Bangpakong, Thailand, and Cincinnati, Ohio."

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