Dow R&D drives EPDM expansion

摘要

Manchester, UK— Dow Chemical Co. is to establish a large-scale EPDM plant by 2016, which will employ new process technology developed by the company partly in response to automotive industry demand for expanded rubber sealing. The project, which was highlighted by Dr Tim Clayfield, global technology leader at Dow Europe GmbH, at the recent IRC RubberCon conference in Manchester, builds on work at Dow to fast-track the selection of advanced 'post-metallocene' catalysts for the polymerisation of EPDM.