Dow Schedules Maintenance Turnaround at MDI Facility in Stade, Germany
On May 5, 2007, Dow Polyurethanes, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, began work on a scheduled five-week turnaround at its MDI production facility in Stade, Germany, for routine maintenance and a government mandated process equipment inspection.
"Recent increased frequency of facility shutdowns across the industry has put additional pressure on the supply of MDI and availability remains tight," said Steven English, business director for Dow Isocyanates, a business unit within Dow Polyurethanes. "Over the past several months, Dow has been building inventory to help maintain supply to our customers and to minimize the potential for disruptions while the shutdown is in progress."
This turnaround coincides with a scheduled maintenance turnaround at Dow's aniline facility in Boehlen, Germany, which began on May 1 and is expected to last six weeks. Both of these turnarounds involve equipment repairs and replacements, reactors inspections and process adjustments, some of which are required by law every five years.
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