The Dow Chemical Company will begin construction of a new propylene oxide-based glycol ethers facility at Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, China. The new facility is scheduled to come on line in late 2008, with an annual capacity of 120,000 metric tons.
Zhangjiagang, located on the Yangtze River approximately 125 miles from Shanghai, is centrally located to supply customers in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, as well as a growing number of customers in China.
“We appreciate the support and loyalty our customers have shown us,” said Jim McIlvenny, president, Dow Asia Pacific. “This investment underscores our commitment to China and it another step forward in our strategy to grow with our customers in emerging geographics.”
Dow’s new glycol ethers facility will join three other world-scale, state-of-the-art facilities, including a converted epoxy resin plant and a styrene butadiene latex facility, as well as a joint venture polystyrene resin plant.