Bayer to restart damaged TDI unit.Bayer MaterialScience Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is an independent subgroup within Bayer AG. It was created as part of the restructuring of Bayer AG from the former business group Bayer Polymers, with certain of its activities being spun off to Lanxess AG. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Pittsburgh, is aiming to restart its damaged TDI TDI - Transport Driver Interface unit in Baytown, Texas, next month. An explosion on Sept. 26 shut down one of two Baytown TDI lines that have total capacity of 440 million lb/yr. One line continued to operate, but the damaged capacity is estimated by one industry source to be 407 million lb. though Bayer would not confirm this. That source also estimates North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. TDI nameplate capacity to be about 980 million lb/yr. The lost Bayer production could therefore account for as much as 40% of the continent's total. Industry. sources say the global TDI market was "balanced to a bit snug" before Bayer's outage, and the spot market has been sold out since then. |
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