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Dow Chemical Company Styron manufacturing facilities

  • 1950s

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General view of unidentified employees at work in the Styron manufacturing facilities at the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Midland, Michigan. A Styron belt (also known as a ribbon) is visible being extruded from a machine at center. Styron is the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications, including packaging and food service, appliances, and other plastic wares.

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  • Box 10, Folder Plants--Styron Laboratory
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Dow Chemical Company. “Dow Chemical Company Styron Manufacturing Facilities,” 1950–1959. Dow Chemical Company Historical Image Collection, Box 10, Folder Plants--Styron Laboratory. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/fq977v757.

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