Manufacturing Industry
Dow epoxy facility is slated for China.(News)
Plastics News, April, 2007
Byline: Frank Esposito Dow Chemical Co. is moving forward with plans to build a new liquid epoxy resin plant in China and to boost its polyurethane feedstock capacity in the Netherlands. The Chinese project calls for construction of a 220 million-pound-per-year liquid epoxy plant in Caojing by 2010, officials with Midland, Mich.-based Dow said in a March 26 news release.
Plans include a new 330 million-pound-capacity epichlorohydrin plant at the same site. Both plants will be supplied with raw materials by Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Tianyuan Group Huasheng Chemical Co. Ltd. Dow ranks as one of the world's largest epoxy makers, selling the material into markets for coatings, electrical laminates and other products. The firm...
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