Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 25

22-Jun-2009

KUWAIT

Equate Expands PE Production Capacity To 825,000 Tons/Year

Equate, the Dow polyethylene (PE) joint venture in Kuwait, announced on 15 June it had completed work to expand its production capacity to 825,000 tons/year of high density PE (HDPE) and linear low density PE (LLDPE) resins. Previous capacity for PE was 600,000 t/y. Equate was established in 1995. Current ownership is state-owned Petrochemicals Industries Company (PIC) and Dow...