? 2020年7月6日，科慕宣布將在今年年底關閉其在密西西比州帕斯卡古拉（Pascagoula）的第一化工廠（First Chemical Plant)。
??科慕在周一發布的一份聲明中稱：
位于帕斯卡古拉（Pascagoula）的第一化工廠是科慕重要的組成部分。這家工廠主要生產苯胺、硝基苯和NDPA潤滑油抗氧化劑。經過業務審查，我們明確苯胺業務不是我們未來戰略的核心，并且我們已做出艱難的決定，要在今年年底之前退出業務并停止在該地區的生產。我們重視每位員工和他們所服務的客戶，?我們將在整個過渡時期為他們提供支持。?
科慕的第一化工廠，成立于1967年，是密西西比州的第一家化學公司。該工廠位于杰克遜縣的Bayou Cassotte工業園區。
杰克遜縣經濟發展基金會表示，他們將與科慕房地產部門密切合作，重新開發該地產。該基金會的執行董事喬治?弗蘭德(George Freeland)說?！八麄儠崆榈嘏c我們合作，重新開發那處房產，”
他還指出，“他們一直是杰出的工業合作伙伴?！?/span>
弗蘭德稱，有74名員工受到了影響，每人將獲得遣散費。
該工廠是苯胺中間體和衍生物以及硝基苯的領先生產商。這些化學物質是許多日常用品中的關鍵成分，包括藥品，汽車零件，輪胎，染料，光化學物質，農藥和建材。
第一化工廠在相鄰的設施中有四個獨立的操作單元。四個裝置包括:港口設施裝置(苯胺生產)、硝化1號裝置、硝化2號裝置、加氫1號和2號裝置。2009年，該廠在2002年爆炸造成兩人受傷之后，被命令向聯邦政府支付 731,000美元的民事罰款。
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Chemours has announced that it will close its?First Chemical?plant in Pascagoula at the end of this year.
A statement released by Monday by Chemours reads:
The First Chemical site in Pascagoula has been a valuable part of Chemours through its manufacturing of aniline, nitrobenzene and NDPA lube antioxidant. As a result of a business review we determined that aniline business is not core to our future strategy and we have made the difficult decision to exit the business and cease production at the site by the end of this year. ?We value every employee and the customers they?serve,?and we will support them through?this time of transition.?
The First Chemical plant, a Chemours company, was established in 1967 as Mississippi’s first chemical company. The plant is located in the Bayou Cassotte Industrial Park in Jackson County.
The Jackson County Economic Development Foundation said they will work closely with Chemours real estate department to redevelop the property. “They will enthusiastically engage with us in redeveloping that property,” said George Freeland, executive director of the foundation.
He also noted that “they have been an extraordinary industrial partner.”
According to Freeland, 74 employees were affected and each will receive a severance package.
The plant is a leading producer of aniline intermediates and derivatives as well as nitrobenzene. These chemicals are the key ingredients in many everyday items, including pharmaceuticals, automotive parts, tires, dyes, photochemicals, agricultural chemicals, and building materials.
The First Chemical Corporation has four independent operating units in the contiguous facility. The four units include: the Port Facility Unit (Aniline Production), the Nitration #1 Unit, Nitration #2 Unit, and the Hydrogenation Units #1 and #2.
In 2009, the plant was?ordered to pay?$731,000 in civil penalties to the federal government after an?explosion?in 2002 that left two people injured.
