2020年7月6日，科慕宣布将在今年年底关闭其在密西西比州帕斯卡古拉（Pascagoula）的第一化工厂（First Chemical Plant)。
科慕在周一发布的一份声明中称：
位于帕斯卡古拉（Pascagoula）的第一化工厂是科慕重要的组成部分。这家工厂主要生产苯胺、硝基苯和NDPA润滑油抗氧化剂。经过业务审查，我们明确苯胺业务不是我们未来战略的核心，并且我们已做出艰难的决定，要在今年年底之前退出业务并停止在该地区的生产。我们重视每位员工和他们所服务的客户，?我们将在整个过渡时期为他们提供支持。?
科慕的第一化工厂，成立于1967年，是密西西比州的第一家化学公司。该工厂位于杰克逊县的Bayou Cassotte工业园区。
杰克逊县经济发展基金会表示，他们将与科慕房地产部门密切合作，重新开发该地产。该基金会的执行董事乔治 弗兰德(George Freeland)说。“他们会热情地与我们合作，重新开发那处房产，”
他还指出，“他们一直是杰出的工业合作伙伴。”
弗兰德称，有74名员工受到了影响，每人将获得遣散费。
该工厂是苯胺中间体和衍生物以及硝基苯的领先生产商。这些化学物质是许多日常用品中的关键成分，包括药品，汽车零件，轮胎，染料，光化学物质，农药和建材。
第一化工厂在相邻的设施中有四个独立的操作单元。四个装置包括:港口设施装置(苯胺生产)、硝化1号装置、硝化2号装置、加氢1号和2号装置。2009年，该厂在2002年爆炸造成两人受伤之后，被命令向联邦政府支付 731,000美元的民事罚款。
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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.
