Competitiveness of Ludwigshafen site strengthened

19-Nov-2015

BASF officially inaugurated the new TDI (toluene diisocyanate) plant at its Ludwigshafen site. The plant has an annual capacity of 300,000 metric tons of TDI. The total investment, including precursors, is over €1billion. This is the largest investment ever made at the site and will create ...

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14-Mar-2013

BASF has successfully completed its acquisition of parts of Ciech’s TDI (toluene diisocyanate) business. The TDI production facility of Ciech’s subsidiary Zachem, Poland, is not part of the transaction. TDI is a key component for the polyurethane industry. To a large extent it is used in the ...

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17-Oct-2012

BASF and Ciech announced the acquisition of parts of Ciech’s global TDI (toluene diisocyanate) business by BASF. The acquisition is subject to approval by the appropriate antitrust authorities. Closing of the transaction is expected in the first quarter of 2013. Financial terms of the agreement ...

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80,000 metric tons TDI plant in Schwarzheide planned to be closed

19-Jan-2012

BASF announced that it will build a single-train 300,000 metric tons per year production plant for TDI (toluene diisocyanate) and expand additional plants for its precursors at its site in Ludwigshafen. These include the construction of a new hydrogen chloride recycling plant as well as the ...

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Pooling of research activities for the efficient production of MDI and TDI

17-Jan-2012

Bayer MaterialScience has commissioned a new technical center for the development of isocyanate production processes at Chempark Dormagen. The research center was erected in just under a year with an investment of EUR 5 million. “All global research activities related to the production of ...

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Fully integrated 300,000 metric tons plant to start up in 2014

30-May-2011

BASF will build the world’s largest single-train TDI (toluene diisocyanate) plant in Europe. The plant will have a capacity of 300,000 metric tons per year and will be fully integrated with precursor production. The TDI plant will be located at one of the company’s integrated Verbund sites in ...

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18-May-2010

Bayer MaterialScience AG is raising the selling prices for the product groups diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and polyether (PET) worldwide by EUR 0.25/kg effective June 1, 2010. Current contractual agreements will be fulfilled.

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08-Mar-2010

Bayer MaterialScience plans to invest roughly EUR 150 million in a new high-tech production plant for TDI (toluene diisocyanate) at Chempark Dormagen. TDI is a precursor for the production of polyurethane flexible foam. The new plant will have a capacity of 300,000 tons per year and will replace ...

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14-Jan-2010

The European Chemicals Agency has added 14 chemical substances to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) for authorisation. Companies manufacturing or importing these substances need to check their potential obligations that result from the listing. The substances which ECHA ...

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12-Jan-2010

Effective 15 January 2010, or as contract terms permit, Dow Polyurethanes, a business group of Dow Chemical Company and its affiliates, will increase prices in the Middle East, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent for its polyurethanes raw materials. Prices for Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) will ...

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