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Dow Chemical opens OBC facility in Texas.


Dow (Direct OverWrite) See magneto-optic disk.  Chemical, Midland, MI, is locating the first global-scale production facility for Infuse inĀ·fuse
v.
1. To steep or soak without boiling in order to extract soluble elements or active principles.

2. To introduce a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes.
 olefin olefin (ō`ləfĭn) or olefin series: see alkene.
olefin
 or alkene

Any unsaturated hydrocarbon containing one or more pairs of carbon atoms linked by a double bond (see
 block copolymers (OBCs) at a plant in Freeport Freeport, city, Bahamas
Freeport, city (1990 pop. 25,115), Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. A popular resort area, it developed out of a 1955 agreement between the Bahamian colonial government and a private development company to create a free port and
, TX. Dow recently completed its first trial manufacturing run at the facility and is planning full-scale manufacturing of Infuse OBCs in the third quarter of 2007. Unveiled last year, Infuse OBCs are said to feature unique block architecture that allows for new combinations of performance and processing enhancements (www.dow. com/infuse). (RW+)
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Title Annotation:Acquisitions, expansions
Publication:Rubber World
Date:Apr 1, 2007
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