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Article: EPDM facilities recovering from hurricane setbacks.
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- Rubber & Plastics News
- Article date:
- October 20, 2008
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Byline: Bruce Meyer
With all 495,000 metric tons of North American EPDM capacity located in Texas and Louisiana, this year's hurricane season definitely left its mark on the industry.
Most of the producers have their EPDM factories back in operation following hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
Lanxess Corp., however, doesn't expect the EPDM facility at its Orange, Texas, complex back before late October.
Besides EPDM, Lanxess makes hydrogentated nitrile and polybutadiene rubber at the site.
When Hurricane Ike made landfall Sept. 13, the facility sustained flooding that damaged much of the plant's equipment and electrical ...