Dow starts up key polyols production facility in Thailand

Dow Polyurethanes, a business of The Dow Chemical Company, announced the successful start-up of a new state-of-the-art polyether polyols plant in Asia Industrial Estate, Rayong, Thailand.
The company invited customers to the site for a celebration and facility tour to showcase the technologies and capabilities the plant provides to the industry.
"This expansion is directly aligned to our long-term strategy to address customer demands and invest in high-value markets where our technology and services are differentiated,” said Glenn Wright, Business President for Dow’s Polyurethanes business.
"Given the pace of growth in Asia Pacific, Dow is constantly striving to meet evolving market needs while identifying new ways to accelerate our own growth,” said Peter Sykes, President of Dow Asia Pacific. "The successful start up of this new Polyol production facility in Asia Industrial Estate not only completes our site integration model, it further strengthens our presence in Asia Pacific and enables us to better serve our customers through providing competitive and innovative solutions to their needs.” he added.
"This new polyols production facility truly demonstrates Dow’s commitment to our customers in Asia and to our manufacturing standards in Thailand. We are setting new performance standards by utilising cutting-edge technologies in this new plant, which can reduce the overall footprint of our facility, including energy consumption and waste water generation by 50-70%, and eliminating 100% of solid waste,” said Jirasak Singmaneechai, Managing Director of Dow Thailand.
The facility’s capacity of up to 200Kt/yr will increase Dow’s participation in one of the largest and fastest-growing regions in the world. This solidifies Dow’s position as one of the key players in foam technology for furniture, mattresses and bedding and in speciality markets like high-performing coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers serving infrastructure, transportation and construction markets.