The complex can be expanded to meet increasing market demand for all these products and others in Eastman's broad oxo portfolio. Eastman and Oxo Chemicals Eastman is a pioneer in oxo chemicals manufacturing, starting production at its Longview, Texas, U.S.A., plant in 1952. Today the Longview plant is the largest single-site oxo manufacturing facility in the world, with annual capacity of more than 725,000 tonnes. Oxo aldehydes and alcohols are fundamental in the production of solvents, glycol ethers, butyrate esters, plasticizers, acrylates, and many other chemicals and plastics. Singapore Oxo Products and End Uses NPG Glycol Glycol of choice in liquid and powder coatings for automobiles, appliances, metal furniture.
Powder coatings produce lower emissions than conventional coatings technologies.
Provides low colour, good weathering properties, water resistance in polyester gel coats for marine applications. Used in unsaturated polyesters for fibreglass-reinforced products. Superior primary plasticizer for PVC resins used in manufacturing toys, sheet flooring, and other products. Oxo Aldehydes Reactive compounds such as n-butyraldehyde and isobutyraldehyde that can be oxidized or reduced to related acid or alcohol. Good solvent for amine resins.