MIDLAND, Mich. (Dec. 10, 2008)-The plant closings planned for 2009 by Dow Chemical Co. will include the firm's EPDM plant in Seadrift, Texas, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dow makes its Nordel-brand EPDM at the facility, which has annual capacity to make 110,000 metric tons of the material annually, according to information from the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers. Its only other EPDM facility is in Plaquemine, La., with capacity of 100,000 tons.
The closing is part of a Dow restructuring that will see the company close 20 plants, sell off several nonstrategic businesses and temporarily idle 180 additional plants.