Multi-national specialty chemical company, Cytec Industries Inc., whose products are used in a broad range of industries including textiles, footwear and water treatment, is in the process of recovery operations at two manufacturing facilities in Louisiana and Alabama that were severely disrupted by hurricane Katrina. The Building Block Chemicals’ Fortier plant outside of New Orleans is currently shut down and the Cytec Performance Specialties facility in Mobile, Alabama, is expected to be operational this weekend.
The Louisiana plant was damaged by Hurricane Katrina’s high winds but did not experience flooding. The plant was shut down before the storm hit. It does not have electric power except from emergency generators. Operations management and a recovery team are on site assessing the damage and contacting suppliers to re-establish the customer supply chain.

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