Dow Announces Full Resumption of Acrylates Production in Texas and Germany
MIDLAND, Mich. - The Dow Chemical Co. and its affiliated companies in Europe announced the full resumption of acrylates production operations in Boehlen, Germany, and Clear Lake, Texas, where equipment failures caused sudden, unplanned outages in September. The separate and unrelated events forced the company to declare force majeure for acrylic acid and esters production at both manufacturing sites. The company said that due to the ongoing effects of the events, it continues to maintain area-specific product allocation levels.
Doug May, Global Business director for Dow Acrylates, said several factors had depleted inventories and produced an industry-wide shortage for acrylates products even before the production outages. "These factors include unusually high demand and unplanned manufacturing events announced by multiple producers throughout the industry, which heightened the effect of our own short supply," he said.