- Dow in de Benelux
Dow has 23 plants in the Benelux and together they produce 6 million tons of plastics and chemicals.
Terneuzen
Together with other chemical companies in the triangle Rotterdam-Antwerp-Terneuzen Dow forms the biggest chemistry hub in the world.
- 1700 employees and many contract workers.
- 18 plants that produce among other things ethylene, polyethylene, polyurethane and amines.
Tessenderlo
- 115 employees
- 1 plant
- Production of High Density Polyethylene
Delfzijl
- 115 employees
- 2 plants: MDI and SBH-plant
- MDI stands for Methylene Diphenyl di-Isocyanate. It is an important raw material for polyurethane which has many applications. Soft foams, as found in matrasses and the furniture industry. In its harder form in refrigerators, dash boards, GSM’s and many other articles.
- In the SBH-plant – taken over in 2009 from Rohm and Haas - they produce Sodium borohydride, but also intermediary products such as Sodium hydride 60%. Among other things the products are used in the production of paper, in printing and drugs.
Tertre
- 50 employees
- 1 plant for the production of Polyether Polyols
Zwijndrecht
- 10 employees
- 1 plant for the production of Dow Cellosize