Huntsman to expand MDI facilities in Shanghai

Published: 10 Mar 2009 23:57:33 PST

Huntsman plans to expand its MDI facilities in Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park. According to the announcement of ERM (Environment Resource Management) Shanghai, who is in charge of the environmental assessment of this expansion project, the current 240kt/a crude MDI facility will be expanded to 480kt/a and the current 160kt/a pure MDI facility will be expanded to 400kt/a. The feasibility study of this project has already been started.

The project covers 60,000 m² and is totally invested with about 500million US dollars and is scheduled to be completed within 36 months.