| Mid-1930s |
Dow researchers invented the "Dow styrene process" by passing ethylbenzene vapors into superheated steam to bring about partial dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene, using special low inventory stills |
| 1940-1945 |
Dow's first expansion outside the U.S. - into Sarnia, Ontario - was a styrene monomer plant to supply an SB rubber plant built for Canada's war effort |
| Early 1990s |
Following the reunification of Germany in the early 1990s, Dow was asked to participate in the privatization of former East Germany chemical facilities in Boehlen, Schkopau and Leuna. BSL was established in 1995. Today, Styron’s synthetic rubber and styrene monomer operations are located at this historic site |
