Zhejiang Pacific Chemical.Zhejiang Pacific Chemical, an $80 million joint venture between Dow Chemical and Zhejiang Chemical Factory in the People's Republic of China, started up in September. The 50/50 enterprise is Dow's first joint venture in China. Employing approximately 200 people, the plant is located in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, on the northeast coast of China. It has production capacity of 20,000 metric tons each of propylene oxide propylene oxide a gas used to disinfect animal feeds. and polyether pol·y·e·ther n. A polymer in which the repeating unit contains two carbon atoms linked by an oxygen atom. polyol, and 5,000 metric tons of 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. . To meet the increased industry demand for thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. polyurethanes, Dow Plastics, a business group of Dow Chemical, has increased its annual production capacity for Pellethane thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers by 10 million pounds. The expansion is the result of debottlenecking of the raw material handling process and an increase in compounding capacity at the Dow production facility in LaPorte, TX. |
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