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Total closing rubber facility

July 10, 2006 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 84, Issue 28

Total Petrochemicals will end thermoplastic rubber production at its site in Antwerp, Belgium. The shutdown will mean the loss of 134 jobs in Antwerp and 10 in Brussels. Total says its elastomers business remains uneconomical, despite refocusing its sales efforts in Europe and studying possible partnerships.

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