Dow's UCAR Business to Build New Plant, Close Two Existing Facilities
MIDLAND, MI - The Dow Chemical Co.'s UCAR Emulsion Systems business unit announced plans to build a new production plant at the company's Union Carbide Corp. St. Charles site in Louisiana and expand production operations in Alsip, IL, and Sarnia, Ontario.
The additional capacity from the new and expanded facilities will replace existing Union Carbide production capacity in Tucker, GA, and Garland, TX, which will be shut down in 2006, the company said.