Friday, January 13, 2012: 03:33:45 PM

SCG-DOW Group Achieves Successful Thailand HPPO Plant Start-up

The Dow Chemical Company announced that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between Dow and Siam Cement Group, has finalised the start-up of its new propylene oxide (PO) facility in Thailand by successfully completing its full capacity performance test.

The world-scale plant, located near Map Ta Phut, Thailand, has a name plate capacity of 390 kilotons per annum (KTA) of PO via the innovative hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide (HPPO) technology.

‘The successful start-up of this environmentally advanced and complex technology shows the innovation power, project execution and operational strength of Dow,’ said Holger Baer, Global Manufacturing and Technology Director, Dow Propylene Oxide/Propylene Glycol.

‘Dow’s investment in this new facility strategically enhances its existing position as the global capacity leader in PO and better positions its derivative businesses such as polyurethanes and propylene glycol,’ said Steven English, Global Vice President, Dow Polyurethanes.


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