Dow progresses its U.S. Gulf Coast investments, develops plans for performance plastics facilities
The Dow Chemical Company announced that it intends to build several new, specialty material production units aligned to its high value Performance plastics franchise on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The move further connects the Company’s U.S. manufacturing operations with cost-advantaged feedstocks available from increasing supplies of shale gas in North America, while also creating thousands of new jobs across the country’s manufacturing sector.
Collectively, Dow expects the new Performance Plastics facilities will employ up to 3,000 workers at construction peak. Over the next five to seven years, Dow estimates that these projects, together with all other planned projects previously announced as part of the Company’s comprehensive U.S. Gulf Coast investment plan, will employ approximately 5,000 workers during peak construction and support over 35,000 jobs in the broader U.S. economy.
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