BASF, Huntsman and Chinese companies consider construction of additional MDI plant in China
Plant to have world-scale capacity of 400 kt/a crude MDI
As part of BASF's investment strategy for the Chinese market, an integrated isocyanates complex is currently under construction at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Caojing. This project is progressing as scheduled, and is expected to begin commercial production by mid-2006. The complex is also a joint venture between BASF, Huntsman, and the same group of Chinese companies mentioned above. It will have a capacity of 240,000 metric tons per year of crude MDI, and 160,000 metric tons per year of TDI (toluene diisocyanate). The total cost for the complex is about $1 billion.
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