Monoethanolamine is an intermediate in the EO-based process.
Carbide has capability for both technologies.
Dow has an additional 60 million pounds of ethyleneamines capacity at Terneuzen, the Netherlands, giving the company a global EDC-based nameplate of 220 million pounds. Tosoh Corporation completed a project in first quarter of 1998 that doubled its capacity in Japan to 90 million pounds. Akzo, which acquired additional ethyleneamines capacity at Stenungsund, Sweden, as a result of its 1994 merger with Nobel Industries, has European ethyleneamines capacity in excess of 130 million pounds per year. DETA demand is strong across its markets. The use of DETA-based chelates as auxiliaries in pulp and paper bleaching is growing by more than 5 percent per year.