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Dow to Close Three European Chemical Plants, Cut 800 Jobs

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(Reuters) -Chemicals company Dow will shut down three upstream plants in Europe and cut around 800 jobs in response to structural challenges in the region, it said on Monday. The company said the shutdown will remove higher-cost, energy-intensive portions of Dow’s portfolio in the region. An Ethylene cracker in Böhlen, Germany, Chlor-alkali & vinyl (CAV) assets in Schkopau, Germany and a Basics siloxanes plant in Barry, UK will be shut in the ne…

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The chemical industry is under pressure. The company wants to close individual cost-intensive plants in Böhlen and Schkopau. Hundreds of employees are affected.

·Berlin, Germany
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The US chemical group Dow wants to close several plants in East Germany by the end of 2027. Sites in Böhlen (Saxony) and Schkopau are affected ... The post US chemical group Dow closes plants in East Germany appeared first on Apollo News.

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The US chemical company Dow plans to close two of its plants in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt at the end of 2027.

·Germany
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The fears in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt have come true: the US company Dow does not want to continue operating some of its plants, 550 employees are afraid of their jobs.

·Munich, Germany
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In Germany, Dow employs thousands of employees at 13 locations. Among other things, high costs make it possible for the US chemical company to create. Individual plants in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt should therefore be closed down.

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El Economista broke the news in on Monday, July 7, 2025.
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