Dow is on track to expand polyethylene production at its Freeport, Texas, plant in mid-2017, Platts reports. The project will add 1,050,000 mt/year of polyethylene production capacity to the plant’s existing 640,000 mt/year. A Dow representative said three derivative units will come on-line at the same time as the new steam cracker, with a fourth starting up 12 months later.
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