BASF and Dow to conduct feasibility test for world's largest TDI Plant

22-Nov-06

BASF Aktiengesellschaft (BASF) and Dow Chemical Company (Dow) have decided to jointly conduct a feasibility study for the construction of production plant for toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and feedstock at one of their integrated sites in Europe. The study will take into consideration factors such as location, technology and infrastructure. If the project proves viable, the facility With an annual capacity of 300,000 metric tons, will start operations in 2011. This will be the world's largest such facility ever built. This is the second joint venture between Dow and BASF that focuses on the polyurethanes industry, following the joint development of a process to produce propylene oxide on the basis of hydrogen peroxide (HPPO technology). In September 2006, Dow and BASF held a groundbreaking ceremony for their first world-scale HPPO plant at BASF's site in Antwerp, Belgium.