Geismar, Louisiana, is BASF’s largest manufacturing site in North America. The Geismar Verbund site manufactures basic and specialty chemicals, intermediates and polyurethanes. Operations at the new methylamines plant began in 2011.
The cornerstones of BASF’s presence in the important North American chemical market are the sites in Geismar, Louisiana and Freeport, Texas, both of which operate according to the Verbund principle. These sites are further strengthened by the steam cracker in Port Arthur, Texas.
The new plant for the production of methylamines at the integrated Verbund site in Geismar operates since 2011. The methylamines will serve as raw materials for some 20 different specialty amines produced by BASF at existing ...
TDI (toluene diisocyanate) is a key component for the polyurethanes industry. To a large extent it is used in the automotive industry (e.g. seating cushion and interior applications) as well as in the furniture segment (e.g. ...
The Aniline is an aromatic amine which is mainly used as feed stock for polyurethanes. However, BASF supplies Aniline also to the rubber chemicals industry where it is used in the production of vulcanization accelerators and ...
MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) is a core component for versatile polyurethane (PU) products. Polyurethane is used extensively for cold as well as heat insulation applications and is the preferred material for keeping food and ...
BASF is building a world scale production plant for formic acid at its integrated “Verbund” site in Geismar, Louisiana. Start-up of the new plant is expected in the 2nd half 2014. It will be the only formic acid production plant ...
In line with the company’s “We create chemistry” strategy, BASF focuses on sustainable products such as formic acid, which not only has an excellent eco-profile in its applications, but also in its production as part of the ...