Out of stock and production, overseas chemical giants collectively shut down

Rantic:

Due to heavy rains hitting the Novara factory in Italy, causing a power outage in the factory, PA66 and its intermediate products produced by the factory, including HMD, adipic acid, nitric acid, PA66-salt, etc., all declared force majeure.

BASF

The main supplier of adiponitrile (ADN) informed that BASF will not be able to provide BASF with the expected amount of adiponitrile (ADN) due to continued force majeure. In the same period, the HMD, 2PN, Ah salt (PA66 salt), Ultramid A and AC PA66 products were also declared for force majeure. BASF predicts that the force majeure may exist for a longer period of time than previously anticipated, and the supply distribution is expected to be maintained until at least August.

SABIC:

The LDPE plant in Limburg, the Netherlands caused force majeure due to technical problems. It is reported that the annual production capacity of the region is 570,000 tons of LDPE and 320,000 tons of HDPE.

TotalEnergis:

Its EPS plant in Falluy, Belgium declared force majeure.

Shintech

Announced force majeure in its PVC installation.

Vinnolit

Force majeure appeared in PVC production equipment.

Covestro

The 420,000-ton/year MDI device located in Brunsbite, Germany, will be force majeure effective from now on. It is reported that the MDI device was shut down during the routine maintenance of the device during August-September. The reason for the shutdown was an unexpected failure of the production system. In addition, Covestro's annual output of 330,000 tons of MDI and other products, such as liquid caustic soda, Makroblend polycarbonate and hydrochloric acid (HCl), are still under force majeure.

VEKA

The letter to the customer stated that due to the insufficient supply of PVC raw materials in the market, the company has now declared force majeure for the product, and the company's product delivery time has been extended as a result.

Celanese

Due to the surge in demand and the shortage of raw materials (such as the raw material adiponitrile for PA66), the supply of polyamide is in short supply. In addition, the continuous challenges faced by the global logistics market, especially the shipping from Asia, have severely disrupted the normal supply of goods and eventually caused delays. Delivery of finished products. Celanese said that it is impossible to avoid supply interruptions and restrict supply to customers, but will make every effort to reduce the disruption to customers' business.

In addition to more than a dozen chemical companies that have recently issued notices, announced the continued force majeure event, and extended the delivery period, the European and American regions encountered extremely cold weather before, and their installations and equipment failed and were difficult to restart quickly. At present, many local chemical companies have not officially resumed production.