Shanghai BASF plans to expand its 90,000 tons/year MDI refining capacity

Recently, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment announced the impact assessment information of the MDI refining and expansion project of Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Co.
, Ltd.
before submitting for approval
.
The total planned investment of the project is 340 million yuan, and the MDI production capacity is 90,000 tons/year refining device and supporting storage tank area
.

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Basic information of the project

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Project Name: MDI Refined Expansion

2.
Construction unit: Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Co.
, Ltd.

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Construction content and scale: The project plans to build a refining plant with a production capacity of 90,000 tons/year of MDI.
MDI products include PMDI, ME, MI,
etc.

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Construction site: Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone

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Project investment:

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Project nature: expansion

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Construction period: The project is scheduled to start in January 2022 and be completed and put into operation in August 2023

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Origin of the project

Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Co.
, Ltd.
(hereinafter referred to as "SBPC") was established in March 2003.
It is located in Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone, covering an area of ​​about 250,000 square meters
.

The Shanghai United Isocyanate Project consists of Shanghai Lianheng Isocyanate Co.
, Ltd.
(SLIC), Shanghai Huntsman Polyurethane Co.
, Ltd.
(HPS), and Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Co.
, Ltd.
(SBPC)
.
The three companies have established and constructed projects at the same time, and have independent legal personality
.
SBPC is dominated by phosgene products, and has formed a series of polyurethane products based on toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI).
Currently, it has a TDI production capacity of 220,000 tons/year and an MDI production capacity of 210,000 tons.
/year
.

In the production and operation, SBPC relies on other enterprises in Shanghai Chemical Industrial Zone to provide basic raw materials such as chlorine gas and crude MDI and supporting public works to form a circular economy industrial chain
.

Due to market demand, SBPC plans to expand MDI refining in the chemical industrial zone, and engage in MDI products (including polymethylene polyphenylene isocyanate PMDI, diphenylmethane 4,4-diisocyanate ME, (1, 1-methylene bis[isocyanatobenzene]MI) production, build MDI production capacity of 90000t/a refining unit
.
The total planned investment of this project is 342.
35 million yuan.
It will start in January 2022 and be completed and put into production in August 2023
.

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Overview of BASF's base layout in Shanghai

At present, BASF has two bases in Shanghai: BASF Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Innovation Park and BASF Shanghai Caojing Base
.

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BASF Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Innovation Park

BASF Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Innovation Park is located in Gaoqiao Town, Pudong New Area, Shanghai.
In 2004, it became the registered place of BASF's Greater China headquarters.
In 2012, BASF Shanghai Innovation Park was completed.
The main products include polyamide PA, polybutylene terephthalate PBT, polyurethane composition, thermoplastic polyurethane TPU, microcellular polyurethane elastomer, acrylic dispersion and polymer colorant, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP),
etc.

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BASF Shanghai Caojing Base

The base is located in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone in Caojing, Shanghai (where the MDI refining expansion project is located) and was completed in 2002.
It currently has a wholly-owned company and three joint venture companies, namely BASF Chemical Co.
, Ltd.
(wholly-owned) and BASF Shanghai Coatings Co.
, Ltd.
Company (a joint venture between BASF and Shanghai Huayi Fine Chemical Co.
, Ltd.
), Shanghai Lianheng Isocyanate Co.
, Ltd.
and Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Co.
, Ltd.
(two joint ventures between BASF and Huntsman and several partners), mainly Products include polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF®), toluene diisocyanate (TDI), diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), polyisocyanate (Basonat®), precious metal salts and solutions, automotive coatings, resins and electrocoats, polyamide polymerization substances, process catalysts, antioxidants,
etc.