The company did not specify the brand of PE, production of which was closed. The company hopes that the production of PE will resume on Tuesday, September 29. The company’s plant in Freeport has a rated capacity of 255 thousand tons of linear polyethylene of low pressure (LDL) and 202 thousand tons of high pressure polyethylene (LDPE).

The Dow plant in Freeport is the largest integrated production site for the production of chemicals in North America and around the world, with more than 4.2 thousand people. Currently, the Dow production site in Texas is located more than 65 plants that produce 44% of all products sold in the United States, and about 21% of the company’s products sold in other global regions.

As reported by Market report company, in the first half of 2017, Dow Chemical will begin construction of its previously announced production on a world scale for the production of ethylene in Freeport, according to the schedule, the company said in the middle of last year. With an annual capacity of approximately 1.5 million tons of ethylene, the new plant is part of Dow investments worth billions of dollars. Dow Chemical is an American diversified chemical company with headquarters in Midland, Michigan.

Is a major manufacturer of polymer products, including polystyrene, polyurethane, polyethylene, polypropylene and synthetic rubbers. The company produces more than five thousand products at 188 sites in 37 countries