Successful trial-run of the first UNIPOL™ PP gas phase technology unit in China

08-Jan-10

The Dow Chemical Company and China Datang Inner Mongolia Duolun Coal Chemical Company, Ltd. have successfully completed the trial-run of the first UNIPOL™ Polypropylene (PP) Gas Phase Technology unit in China. The Datang plant is the first large scale Coal to Olefin plant in China and has a capacity to produce 460,000 tpa of PP. "The successful trial-run of the first UNIPOL PP unit in China is a tremendous achievement for Datang and for Dow, and is a direct result of our continued strong commitment to the plastics industry in the region," says Dave Jerger, Senior Improvement Leader for UNIPOL PP Licensing & Catalyst. "China is an important market for the plastics industry and for our business. We are honored to have been selected by Datang for this project and will continue to provide the expertise and assistance they need to reach their future milestones." The Datang plant located in Duolun County, Xilinguole, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, PRC, is also the first large scale Coal to Olefin plant in China. The Datang team said that they appreciated Dow's excellent support from contract-signing to trial-run, and that it was proven a right decision to choose the UNIPOL technology.