ADM to build polyols facility.Archer Daniels Midland The Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), is a conglomeration based in Decatur, Illinois. ADMoperates more than 270 plants worldwide, where cereal grains and oilseeds are processed into numerous products used in food, beverage, nutraceutical, industrial and animal feed Company, Decatur, IL, has announced plans to build a polyols facility that will produce propylene glycol propylene glycol a chemical used industrially as an antifreeze, solvent stabilizer, as a preservative in liquid livestock feeds and pharmaceutically as a vehicle or solvent for medicinal preparations. and ethylene glycol ethylene glycol: see glycol. ethylene glycol Simplest member of the glycol family, also called 1,2-ethanediol (HOCH2CH2OH). It is a colourless, oily liquid with a mild odour and sweet taste. . ADM See add/drop multiplexer. (language) ADM - A picture query language, extension of Sequel2. ["An Image-Oriented Database System", Y. Takao et al, in Database Techniques for Pictorial Applications, A. Blaser ed, pp. 527-538]. is in the process of selecting a site for the plant. The plant will utilize renewable carbohydrate-based and/or glycerol-based feedstocks as an alternative to traditional petroleum-based industrial chemicals. Propylene glycol is primarily used in industrial applications such as paints, coatings, and resins, and is also used in food and pharmaceutical applications. Ethylene glycol is used to produce polyesters and industrial products. |
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