BASF Unveils New MDI Production Plant in US

MT Newswires · 1d ago
11:59 PM EST, 11/11/2026 (MT Newswires) -- BASF (BAS.F) rolled out its new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, or MDI, production facility at its Verbund site in the US state of Louisiana. At $1 billion, the investment marks the German chemicals group's largest wholly owned project to date in North America, according to a Wednesday release. The move nearly doubles the annual MDI production capacity at the Geismar site to 600,000 metric tons.