Bayer MaterialScience closes aromatic isocyanate facility.Bayer MaterialScience LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Pittsburgh, PA, has announced plans to discontinue its Desmodur[R] CB aromatic polyisocyanate production operations, locatedat its New Martinsville, WV plant, by the end of the first quarter of 2005. The company cites decreased NAFTA NAFTA in full North American Free Trade Agreement Trade pact signed by Canada, the U.S., and Mexico in 1992, which took effect in 1994. Inspired by the success of the European Community in reducing trade barriers among its members, NAFTA created the world's market demand as the primary reason for discontinuing the production of Desmodur CB, which is used as a raw material for general industrial, wood, and magnetic tape coatings, at this facility. Instead, Bayer will supply an equivalent product. Desmodur L, to the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market. Desmodur is produced at Bayer's Leverkusen, Germany, production facility. The affected Bayer employees are expected to transfer to other departments at the New Martinsville location, where thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. urethanes, polyurethanessions, and polyurethane raw materials are also manufactured. |
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