Dow Corning Corporation recently announced an approximately $50 million investment in new equipment for its Midland Site. The announcement again demonstrates the innovation capacity and knowledge base in the Midland area, as well as our economic base employers' commitment to maintaining and expanding their presence here.

The equipment is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent and total emissions by 75 percent, and it is projected to reduce the site's consumption of natural gas by 400 billion BTU per year - the equivalent of heating 3,500 homes over the winter. The technology will also reduce the amount of waste transported and disposed offsite. The project is expected to create at least ten new jobs and will require the construction of two new buildings within the Midland Site's fenceline.

The first part of the project includes installation of a thermal oxidizer, which will reduce air emissions from the site while generating steam for chemical process heating. Additionally, a recycling system will be installed that is designed to transform silicone byproducts from the Dow Corning site into usable energy and raw materials sources.

To complete the project, Dow Corning is working with two external companies. Richland, WA-based Integrated Environmental Technologies, LLC (IET), the premier provider of plasma-based waste processing and clean energy systems, will own the new waste processing system. IET contracted with Veolia Environmental Services, based in Lombard, IL, to operate the recycling equipment. Several of the new jobs created by this investment will be Veolia employees.

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