MEGlobal is Everything EG
As a world leader in the manufacture, supply and marketing of merchant monoethylene glycol (MEG) and diethylene
glycol (DEG), collectively known as ethylene glycol (EG), MEGlobal knows everything about EG.
EG is a key raw material used in a wide variety of products and applications including the manufacture of polyester
fibers, polyethylene terephthalate resins (PET), antifreeze formulations and other industrial products.
MEGlobal manufactures around 1.0 million metric tones of EG per year at its three manufacturing plants in Alberta, Canada.
In addition, MEGlobal markets in excess of 2.5 million metric tonnes from its world-leading supply partners The Dow
Chemical Company (Dow), EQUATE Petrochemical Company and Optimal Glycols.
Established in 2004, MEGlobal is a joint venture between Dow of the United States, and Petrochemical Industries
Company (PIC) of Kuwait
The Dow Chemical Company
With annual sales of $54 billion and 46,000 employees worldwide, Dow is a diversified chemical company that
combines the power of science and technology with the "Human Element" to constantly improve what is essential
to human progress. The Company delivers a broad range of products and services to customers in around 160
countries, connecting chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help provide
everything from fresh water, food and pharmaceuticals to paints, packaging and personal care products.
References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
unless otherwise expressly noted.
Petrochemical Industries Company
PIC is one of six specialized subsidiaries of the state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). PIC
represents the petrochemical arm of KPC and produces fertilizer and petrochemicals. PIC has invested
in the modernization of its fertilizer complex in Kuwait and expects to reach one million ton per
annum of granular urea production. PIC also runs a 100,000 tonne per annum polypropylene plant through
an arrangement with EQUATE.
PIC is committed to carrying out its operations in accordance with best industry practice and to ensuring
that its facilities comply with highest safety and environmental standards. For more information,
visit www.pic.com.kw.
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