ETB is currently manufactured industrially by only the Japanese Maruzen Petrochemical Company with capacity of 5Kt. The process involves reacting ethylene glycol with isobutylene contained in a C 4 stream from naphtha cracking under the catalyst.

• 目前只有日本丸善油化公司一家进行工业生产 ,年生产能力 5kt,采用乙二醇与石脑油裂解副产C4馏分中异丁烯在催化剂下反应而成。