# Mitsui Chemicals to expand XDI production capacity at Omuta Works

Mitsui Chemicals announced a 20% capacity increase at its meta-Xylylene Diisocyanate (XDI) plant in Omuta, Japan, to meet growing demand for hardeners in coatings and other applications. Construction starts February 2024, ends July 2025, with operational launch in September 2025.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-02-26
- Where: Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Starts operating: Sep 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 20 percent higher than current production capacity
- Products: meta-Xylylene Diisocyanate (XDI)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Mitsui Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/19809.md)

## Sources

- [jp.mitsuichemicals.com](https://jp.mitsuichemicals.com/en/release/2024/2024_0226/index.htm), 2024-02-26: "Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. today announced that it has decided to increase production capacity at the meta-Xylylene Diisocyanate (XDI) plant within its Omuta Works in response to growing demand for hardeners used in hardly yellowing coatings."
- [aei.dempa.net](https://aei.dempa.net/archives/24320), 2024-02-28: "Mitsui Chemicals is responding to this increasing demand by expanding the XDI plant within its Omuta Works."
- [chemengonline.com](https://www.chemengonline.com/mitsui-chemicals-to-construct-new-xdi-production-plant/?printmode=1), 2024-03-04: "Mitsui Chemicals is therefore responding to this increasing demand by expanding the XDI plant within its Omuta Works."

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