Manufacturing Industry
Some resin sites still out of commission.(plastics industry back on production after Hurricane Katrina 2005)(Brief Article)
Plastics News, September, 2005 by Esposito, Frank
Byline: Frank Esposito Resin plants operated on Mississippi's Gulf Coast by GE Plastics and Wellman Inc. remain idled almost three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, with company officials unsure when the plants will restart. At the same time in Louisiana, Dow Chemical Co. is working to restart its plastics and chemicals operations in Hahnville.
GE's ABS plant in Bay St. Louis, Miss., still has no power, spokesman Chris Tessier said Sept. 12. Production at the plant, which makes resins and alloys, was stopped Aug. 27 in anticipation of Katrina, which hit the coast Aug. 29. "All of our employees are accounted for,'' Tessier said. "Relatively speaking, damage to the plant wasn't as bad as it was in some other areas.'' At Wellman's PET plant in Bay St....
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