Dow/BASF plan PO unit

摘要

BASF AG and Dow Chemical Co. are betting that a process for oxidisting propylene with hydrogen peroxide, will become the most cost-effective technology for making propylene oxide (PO). And, if verything goes according to plan, the firms say they will bring a 300-kilotonnes-per-annum propylene oxide plant on stream by 2007, according to a joint statement issued.