Three Dow Chemical Plants to Close

On Wednesday, Dow Chemical announced plans to close down three of their plants. All three of the closing plants are in the state of Louisiana.
The good news for workers at these three plants is that they will be offered jobs elsewhere within Dow Chemical. Approximately 100 people work at the three plants.
Dow Chemical says they are making the change to focus more on specialty chemicals rather than basic chemicals. This change in focus started when they purchased Rohm & Haas a few months ago in a transaction that cost $16 billion.
Said Andrew N. Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical: “Consistent …read more