Dow Chemical.Dow Chemical announced it has received government approval to construct a 40,000 mt/year (88 mm lbs.) converted epoxy resins epoxy resins, group of synthetic resins used to make plastics and adhesives. These materials are noted for their versatility, but their relatively high cost has limited their use. production facility at the company's existing site in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic People's Republic n. A political organization founded and controlled by a national Communist party. of China. The plant is scheduled to begin production in the first half of 2003. Dow is planning to expand the facility to include a 40,000 mt/year liquid epoxy resins production unit in 2004. The epoxy resins units will share the Zhangjiagang site with two other facilities currently under construction, a polystyrene polystyrene (pŏl'ēstī`rēn), widely used plastic; it is a polymer of styrene. Polystyrene is a colorless, transparent thermoplastic that softens slightly above 100°C; (212°F;) and becomes a viscous liquid at around 185°C; plant (owned by SAL Petrochemical [Zhangjiagang] Company Limited, a joint venture between Dow and Asahi Chemical) and a one hundred percent Dow owned emulsion emulsion: see colloid. emulsion Mixture of two or more liquids in which one is dispersed in the other as microscopic or ultramicroscopic droplets (see colloid). Emulsions are stabilized by agents (emulsifiers) that (e.g. polymers plant, both slated to begin production in 2002. The coordination of all three plants on one site leverages synergies in capital, infrastructure and utilities. |
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