28 April 2015
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a business of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW),
announced the successful start-up of
a new state-of-the-art polyether polyols plant
in Asia Industrial Estate, Rayong, Thailand.
The Company invited customers to the site
for a celebration and facility tour
to showcase the unique technologies and
capabilities the plant provides to the industry.
The facility’s annual capacity of up to 200 kilotons
will increase Dow’s participation in
one of the largest and fastest-growing regions in the world.
This solidifies Dow’s position as one of the key players
in foam technology for furniture, mattresses and bedding, and
in specialty markets like high-performing coatings, adhesives,
sealants and elastomers serving
infrastructure, transportation and construction markets.
Announced in 2006, the project began with
cracker and polyethylene chain developments and
has expanded to include the Company’s most recent advancements.
The production site will largely serve customers
in Southeast Asia, China and India.
The plant is one in a recent series of global polyol investments
by Dow to deliver growth in targeted markets,
with the first coming on line in Freeport, Texas late last year,
the next slated for start-up in 2016 as
part of the Company’s Sadara joint venture with Saudi Aramco
in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and another at
the Company’s Terneuzen site in The Netherlands.
Jirasak Singmaneechai,
Managing director of Dow Thailand
Utilizing proven DMC catalyst technology, the facility will deliver
local, high quality, reliable supply of polyether polyols
into a variety of consumer comfort and industrial applications.
“This new polyols production facility truly demonstrates
Dow’s commitment to our customers in Asia and to
our manufacturing standards in Thailand.
We are setting new performance standards by
utilizing cutting-edge technologies in this new plant,
which can reduce the overall footprint of our facility,
including energy consumption and
waste water generation by 50-70 percent, and
eliminating 100 percent of solid waste ".
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