Shanghai BASF

The largest producers of TDI in the world today Include BASF, Bayer, Dow Chemical, Korea Fine Chemical, Lyondell, Mitsui Chemicals, and Shanghai BASF. 

Many American and European plastics firms have built or are building production plants in China to capitalize on the comparatively cheap labor available there, and to more directly serve the continuing demand. For example, a 1 billion chemical plant in Shanghai is owned by Huntsman Corp. of The Woodlands, Texas, BASF AG of Germany and three Chinese companies. The plant produces diphenylmethane diisocyanate which is used in foam insulation and plastic chairs. 

Several companies (i.e., DuPont, BASF, Bayer, Shanghai Zhongxi, Sipcam, Staehler, Sundat and Syngenta) sell cymoxanil in many countries in Europe,... 

Acetals are produced by Asahi Chemical (homopolymer Tenac, copolymer Tenac-C, and conductive copolymer Lynex-T ), BASF (copolymer Ultraform ), DuPont (homopolymer Delrin ), Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (copolymer lupital ). Polyplastics (copolymer Duracon in Asia) and a joint venture between Ticona and Daicel Chemical Industries, Ticona/Celanese AG (copolymer Celcon and Hostaform in Europe). Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, Polyplastics, and Ticona are (jointly, directly, or through affiliates) increasing acetal production capacity in the Asia/Pacific area, with a new 60,(XX) metric ton/year plant to be completed in 2004 in Nantong, Jiangsu province, north of Shanghai. ... 

Manuf/Distrib. AK Scientific Acres Org. Aldrich Alfa Aesar Arkema BASF Chemos GmbFI DSL Shanghai Dayang Chems. Fluntsman Parchem Trading Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbFI/Fluka TCI Europe... 

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