Dow Chemical (www.dow.com), Midland, MI, announced that its Unipol polypropylene process technology has been selected by Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Ltd. for its new 200 kta polypropylene facility.
Dow (Direct OverWrite) See magneto-optic disk. Chemical (www.dow.com), Midland, MI, announced that its Unipol
polypropylene polypropylene (pŏl'ēprō`pəlēn), plastic noted for its light weight, being less dense than water; it is a polymer of propylene. It resists moisture, oils, and solvents. process technology has been selected by Sinoehem Quanzhou Quanzhou (chwän`jō`), formerly Tsinkiang (chĭn`jyäng`, tsĭn`kyäng`), town (1994 est. pop. 207,800), SE Fujian prov., China, on an inlet of Taiwan Strait. Petrochemical petrochemical, any one of a large group of chemicals derived from a component of petroleum or natural gas. The cracking processes for manufacturing gasoline produce vast quantities of gaseous hydrocarbons. Ltd. for its new 200 kta polypropylene facility. The plant
will be built in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China, and is expected to
come on line in 2011. The world-scale facility is the sixth
polypropylene plant in China to license Unipol polypropylene technology
from Dow Basic Plastics. The facility will mainly produce homopolymers
to be marketed in China and abroad.
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