Midland, MI - June 24, 2009
UNIPOL™ Polypropylene Process Technology from Dow Basic Plastics has been selected by PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO) for its new 250 KTA polypropylene facility at its Balongan complex in West Java, Indonesia. A license agreement for the facility was signed earlier this month.
When the project is completed in 2011, the facility will produce a mix of polypropylene products including homopolymer, random copolymer and impact copolymers. Products will be marketed primarily in the domestic market.
"Pertamina chose the UNIPOL PP Process because the technology will enable them to build and operate the most competitive and advantaged facility capable of producing a full range of performance polypropylene products to serve the market's ever changing needs," said Karen Shepard Jackson, Global Commercial Director, Dow Polypropylene Licensing and Catalyst business. "Producers like Pertamina appreciate proven technology with a strong track record of reliability, flexibility, safety and advantaged economics. UNIPOL™ Polypropylene Technology and the advanced SHAC™ Catalyst Systems give licensees the capability to achieve economies of scale and offer a full range of products to customers."
When this plant and others currently in the execution stage enter service, the technology will be used to produce nearly 11 million metric tons of polypropylene per year, which will represent more than 17 percent of total global capacity.
Polypropylene is a versatile plastic used in packaging, durable goods, automotive parts, non-wovens, fibers, and consumer applications.
About Pertamina
PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO) is the state-owned oil and gas company (National Oil Company) of Indonesia, established in 1957. Pertamina's scope of business incorporates an upstream sector covering oil, gas and geothermal energy exploration and production both domestically and overseas, and a downstream sector that includes processing, marketing, trading and shipping. Pertamina owns seven oil refineries and is one of the world's largest producers of natural gas. Pertamina's products include a wide range of fuels, LPG, LNG, chemicals, additives and retail products.
About Dow
Dow Basic Plastics is a business group of Dow that serves customers worldwide, supplying products, technology and services to industries including appliances, automotive parts, food and beverage packaging, building and construction, consumer goods and electronics, fibers and nonwovens, films, bags and packaging for food and consumer products, plastic pipes and tubing, housewares, medical films and devices.
For Editorial Information:
Catherine Maxey
The Dow Chemical Company
+1-989-636-4506
Urszula Murphy
Gibbs & Soell PR
+1-212-697-2600 ext. 1296
umurphy@gibbs-soell.com
Mr. Heru Sutrisno
PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO)
+62 21 381 5414
Heru_str@pertamina.com
