Midland, Michigan - Dow announced 9 June that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint-venture between Dow and The Siam Cement Group (SCC), has broken ground on a new propylene oxide plant near Map Ta Phut in Thailand. According to Dow the plant will have a nameplate capacity of 390 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) of propylene oxide via the innovative hydrogen-peroxide-to-propylene-oxide (HPPO) technology jointly developed by Dow and BASF. The plant will also produce propylene glycol and is expected to come online in 2011, the company said.
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机译：陶氏化学公司（Dow）6月9日宣布，陶氏化学与泰国暹罗水泥集团（SCC）合资成立的SCG-Dow集团已在泰国Map Ta Phut附近新建一座环氧丙烷工厂破土动工。陶氏表示，通过陶氏和巴斯夫共同开发的创新性过氧化氢-环氧丙烷（HPPO）技术，该工厂的环氧丙烷铭牌产能为每年390千吨（ktpa）。该公司表示，该工厂还将生产丙二醇，预计将于2011年上线。
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