Rompetrol will supply HDPE and LDPE to the US-owned company

Rompetrol Petrochemicals, a leading Romanian producer of polyolefins, is to begin supplying polyethylenes to Dow Chemicals. A 14-year agreement between the two companies will see Rompetrol supplying Dow with HDPE and LDPE from its Midia Navodari petrochemicals plant. Output is expected to reach 100,000tpa, with deliveries to Dow in the initial phase amounting to around 60,000tpa.

Dow will provide technical support, feedstock and technical specifications of its polymers to Rompetrol. Dow Europe’s president, Markus Wildi, said: “This provides an effective way for our polyethylene business to develop new market opportunities in eastern Europe.” He added that Dow would bring market knowledge and its process technology to the deal, while Rompetrol’s strength was its strategic position in eastern Europe.