In addition, Dow and BASF Aktiengesellschaft are advancing negotiations for the
construction of a world-scale, 390 KTA propylene oxide manufacturing facility
in Map Ta Phut, Thailand. The new plant would use the hydrogen
peroxide-to-propylene oxide (HPPO) technology jointly developed by Dow and
BASF. The facility would be the second world-scale plant to use HPPO
technology. The first, a 300 KTA Dow and BASF HPPO plant, also supplied by an
HP plant based on Solvay’s high-yield technology, is currently under
construction in Antwerp, Belgium, and is scheduled for start-up in early 2008.
Propylene oxide is used to produce propylene glycol, polyurethanes and glycol
ethers.