# Dow starts up new PE production unit in Freeport, Texas

Dow Inc. is starting up its Poly-7 polyethylene resin production unit in Freeport, Texas. The new unit has annual swing production capacity of about 1.3 billion pounds of high density or linear low density PE.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-06-24
- Where: Freeport, Texas, United States
- Starts operating: 24 Jun 2025
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 1.3 billion pounds per year
- Products: polyethylene resin, high density PE, linear low density PE
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Dow](https://endata.com/companies/2996.md)

## Sources

- [texaschemistry.org](https://texaschemistry.org/aws/TCC/page_template/show_detail/596529?model_name=news_article), 2025-06-24: "Dow's Poly-7 PE project 'is coming online.'"
- [texaschemistry.org](https://texaschemistry.org/aws/TCC/page_template/show_detail/596300?model_name=news_article), 2025-06-27: "Dow Inc. is starting up a new polyethylene resin production unit in Freeport, Texas."

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