Huntsman ramps operation at Shanghai MDI plants
Huntsman Corporation announced the successful commissioning and move to commercial operation of its MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) plants, part of the integrated isocyanates complex at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, China, which it operates with local partners and BASF.
According to the company, the commencement of the commercial operation of the plants is in line with company planning, the operational rates are rapidly building in line with the start-up plan and MDI products are being processed and supplied to the Chinese market by the downstream splitting and prepolymer units in Huntsman Polyurethanes Shanghai.
"For a major, world scale plant in an all new integrated chemical park this has been a world class performance by all involved, and with continued progress we can confidently expect full design capacity to be delivered throughout 2007 and beyond," said Peter R. Huntsman, President and CEO of Huntsman Corporation, speaking at Huntsman's Asia Pacific Customer Conference in Shanghai.
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