BASF and Dow to Conduct Joint Feasibility Study for World-Class TDI Facility in Europe
BASF Aktiengesellschaft (BASF) and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) announced their decision to conduct a joint feasibility study for the construction of a state-of-the-art production plant for toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and precursors at one of their integrated sites in Europe. The plant would have an annual capacity of 300,000 metric tons and would be the world's largest such facility ever built. The study will take into consideration factors such as location, best technology and infrastructure. Should the project prove viable, the facility would start operations in 2011.
Following the joint development of a process to produce propylene oxide on the basis of hydrogen peroxide (HPPO technology), this current venture is the second recent cooperation between Dow and BASF that focuses on the polyurethanes industry. In September 2006, Dow and BASF held a groundbreaking ceremony for their first world-scale HPPO plant at BASF's site in Antwerp, Belgium. Dow and BASF are considering the development of additional HPPO projects in other regions, including Asia.
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