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  Bayer MaterialScience’s investment in Polyurethane raw material production in China
   
  Bayer MaterialScience is setting up at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park the largest and most modern polyurethane operations globally. This will include the largest single-train MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) production facility in the world, with a total capacity of 350,000 metric tons per year. The entire polyurethane complex will be fully integrated, including facilities for all relevant precursors, as well as logistics capabilities.
   
  The MDI project will be implemented in two phases: In the first phase will be concluded by the middle of this year, a production plant is going to be built for obtaining polymeric and monomeric MDI from crude MDI, as well as all necessary logistics facilities. In the second phase, a production plant for crude MDI with an annual capacity of 350,000 metric tons which is scheduled to go on stream in 2008.
   
 
   
   
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  Bayer MaterialScience AG, which belongs to the Bayer Group, achieved sales of EUR 10.7 billion in 2005 and is a leading manufacturer of high-tech materials and innovative system solutions used in countless everyday products. At present, a large part of the company's sales is already achieved with products that occupy leading positions on the global market. Consumer industries include automotive manufacturers and suppliers and companies from the fields of electrical engineering/electronics, construction and lifestyle, and sport and leisure. The company has production facilities at 40 sites around the world and a workforce of approximately 17,900.
   
 
   
 
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