Activities

01 September 2011

WORLD’S LARGEST HYDORGEN PEROXIDE (HP) PLANT HAS SUCCESSFULLY STARTED PRODUCTION

The project was started on July 30, 2007, when Dow Chemical Company and Solvay S.A.

announced an agreement to create a joint venture for the construction of

the Hydrogen Peroxide (HP) Plant in Thailand. On August 21, 2011, the Hydrogen Peroxide (HP)

Plant, the largest in the world with capacity 330,000 t/y, has successfully started production. A significant share of the capacity of the new plant will be available to support

the further development of Solvay Hydrogen Peroxide business within the fast growing region.

Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management has been performed by

Toyo-Thai Corporation Public Company Limited under supervision by Solvay Project Team.

Construction was started in March 2009 and achieved 7 million hours without lost time.