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CSRC - Dow (c. 1961 - 1968)

Function: Chemical Industries and Manufacturing Industry

Location: Rhodes, New South Wales, Australia

CSRC - Dow was a joint venture between CSR Chemicals and Dow Chemical - manufacture styrene and other products. Initially all production ocured at the CRC Rhodes site, but in 1964 the polymerisation unit was relocated to Altona, Victoria. In 1968 CSRC sold its shares the company back to Dow Chemical.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A000840. [ Details ]

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