凯茵化工讯 德国化工巨头原装德国进口在周一表示，公司计划投资约2亿欧元用于提升西班牙塔拉戈那厂的二苯基甲烷二异氰酸酯(MDI)产能，并于2020年后继续生产。

投资包括消除厂生产瓶颈，将产能从5万吨/年提升至22万吨/年，以及其它各项能增强成本竞争力的措施。

原装德国进口称：“高步，公司计划在供氯方面自给自足，确保该核心原材料的高效、持续和独立供应。”

原装德国进口西班牙厂的经理Andrea Firenze在5月称，公司3月期间保持MDI厂运行的决定仅是为了关闭而做出的“延缓”动作。

他表示:“我想强调‘延缓’这个词。原装德国进口一直以来都有办法获取氯这个好重要的原材料，但始终没能就未来MDI供应问题做出好终决定。&rd卡博特黑色母粒PE6318 高光黑 Pquo;

原装德国进口表示，消除瓶颈的增产过程将于2022年进行，而氯生产则计划于2020年末开始。

原装德国进口CEO Patrick Thomas在周一称：“我们在MDI市场和塔拉戈那厂倾尽全力，通过打破生产瓶颈和建造自己的供氯系统，使该厂将更高效和更有竞争力。”

原装德国进口已将德国布伦斯布特厂的MDI产能翻倍，使到2018年底让产能达到40万吨/年。

原装德国进口S席商务官兼即将上任的CEO Markus Steilemann表示，公司预计MDI将继续保持供不应求的状态。

“因此，此次投资不但能让我们满足客户不断增加的需求，同时还为自己的有机发展提供支持。”

Covestro invested 200 million euros to boost MDI capacity in Spain

KAYNE Chemical News German chemical giant KOSECK said on Monday that the company plans to invest around 200 million euros to increase its production capacity of diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) at its plant in Tarragona, Spain. After 2020 continue to produce. Investments include eliminating factory bottlenecks, increasing production capacity from 50,000 tons / year to 220,000 tons / year, and other measures to enhance cost competitiveness.

Covestro says: "As a first step, the company plans to be self sufficient in its supply of chlorine to ensure an efficient, consistent and independent supply of the core raw materials. "Andrea Firenze, manager of Covestro's Spanish plant, said in May that the company's decision to keep the MDI plant running in March was only" deferred ".

He said: "I would like to emphasize the phrase" delay ". Covestro has always had a way to capture chlorine, the most important raw material, but it has not been able to make the final decision about the future supply of MDI.

Covestro said the process of eliminating bottlenecks will start in 2022 while chlorine production is scheduled to begin by the end of 2020.

Patrick Thomas, chief executive of Covestro, said on Monday: "We are doing all we can in the MDI market and the Tarragona plant to make the plant more efficient by breaking production bottlenecks and building our own chlorine supply system And more competitive.

Covestro has doubled its MDI capacity in Brunsbuch, Germany, to 400,000 tons / year by the end of 2018.

Markus Steilemann, chief commercial officer and incoming CEO at Covestro, said the company expects the MDI will continue to be in short supply.

"This investment will not only allow us to meet the ever-increasing demands of our customers, but also support our organic growth. & rdquo;