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Dow Chemical Plans Middle East Research and Development Center at KAUST

Published 11/18/2015

Dow Chemical Company will begin construction in late 2015 on the 145,300-sf Middle East Research and Development Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Designed to attain LEED Silver sustainable design certification, the facility will feature laboratories for the creation of advanced technologies for water, oil, and gas processing as well as the development of innovative construction materials and coatings. Dow’s existing research facilities on campus will be relocated to the center, which will be located in the KAUST Research and Technology Park.