05/01/09 - 11:38 AM
Arizona Chemical
Panama City, Fla:
Panama City, Fla. – May 1, 2009 - Arizona Chemical announced today that, due to continuing economic conditions, the company will idle its Panama City Tall Oil and Turpentine operations for two weeks beginning May 25, 2009.
“We expect this temporary curtailment will affect the majority of the plants 150 employees, who will be furloughed for the two-week period,” said Hal Beyer, Plant Manager.
Full production is scheduled to resume the week of June 8, 2009.
Arizona Chemical (arizonachemical.com) headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., is the worlds largest producer of naturally derived specialty resins and pine-based chemicals for the adhesives, inks and coatings, lubricants, fuel additives, mining and oleochemicals markets. The company has six manufacturing plants in the U.S., and five in Europe. Arizona Chemical also has research and development capabilities and a network of sales offices throughout the world.