Bayer MaterialScience closes MDI Facility at New Martinsville, W.Va., USA
The methylene diphenyl isocyanate (MDI) facility at the Bayer MaterialScience plant in New Martinsville, W.Va., with an annual design capacity of 160 million pounds (approx. 73kt), will close on June 30, 2007. Approximately 230 positions will be affected by the closure.
"The economies of scale are changing in the MDI marketplace, and Bayer is consolidating production to several world-scale plants, including its plant in Baytown, Texas," said Jim Covington, New Martinsville General Plant Manager.
The New Martinsville facility will continue to produce other isocyanates and polyols, coatings raw materials and thermoplastic polyurethanes, Covington said. Isocyanates and polyols are combined to make flexible and rigid polyurethane foams, which are used in furniture, automotive, construction, appliance and sporting goods applications.
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