MOSCOW (MRC) -- Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global petrochemical producer, has started developing a new technology center under its Integrated Oxides & Derivatives (IOD) business at The Woodlands, Texas, said the company.
The new facility will be the company’s U.S. research and development hub for new products used in the home, personal and industrial cleaning, agrochemicals, energy, lubricants, mining, and coatings markets.
“Extensive designing and engineering of the research center will start in coming months, and full occupation is expected in early 2022,” IVL said.
It will be a hub for IOD research in the Americas, with links to sister facilities in Australia, India, and China.
IVL’s integrated oxides and derivatives site at The Woodlands, Texas, was acquired from Huntsman in January last year.
The Woodlands facility will also support IVL’s fibres and PET segments on various sustainability projects.Extensive designing and engineering of the research center will start in coming months, and full occupation is expected in early 2022. It will be a hub for IOD research in the Americas, with links to sister facilities in Australia, India, and China. The Woodlands facility will also support IVL’s Fibers and PET segments on various sustainability projects. IVL, the world’s biggest maker of fully recyclable PET bottles, is investing USD 1.5 billion to towards its recycling and net zero targets.
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