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June 10, 2021
Future Foam to Build in Garland, TX
Manufacturer plans to renovate Garland facility, create over 100 jobs
In This Article
- Shipping & Logistics Topic
- Future Foam, Inc. Company
- Apex Tool Group LLC Company
- Patrick Medinger Person
By Ryan Salchert – Staff Writer, Dallas Business Journal May 23, 2021, 8:15am EDT
Future Foam Inc. has plans to renovate and occupy a 341,840-square-foot warehouse in Garland, which has been vacant since 2015.
The Iowa-based manufacturer, which specializes in polyurethane foam products, plans to spend nearly $3 million to renovate the existing warehouse at 3000 W. Kingsley Road. It has been vacant since APEX Tool Group consolidated its operations from Garland to South Carolina, resulting in the loss of 261 jobs.
Future Foam expects to create 104 full time jobs over the next few years. The company also intends to reactivate rail service to the facility. https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d1276.4432975226807!2d-96.67642942035278!3d32.877770737221695!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x864ea0c7c22d0f4b%3A0x53abbe17f1ccf2c7!2s3000%20W%20Kingsley%20Rd%2C%20Garland%2C%20TX%2075041!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1621700319902!5m2!1sen!2sus
“Future Foam is excited to announce the expansion of manufacturing operations into Garland, which is advantageous for its strategic location and manufacturing resources. We are happy to work together with the city of Garland in a mutually beneficial partnership,” said Patrick Medinger, Future Foam CFO, in a prepared statement. “Future Foam is a family-owned company that has been in operation since 1958. We focus on bringing the highest quality products through innovative, customer driven solutions.”
The company already operates two other facilities in Northwest Dallas, along with some 30 other facilities in 18 states and international facilities in Germany and China.
Dallas-based FB Flurry, a privately owned fulfillment and technology company, will soon be joining Future Foam in Garland. Last week the company announced it would be taking 472,200 square feet at 3737 W. Miller Road, the largest lease signed in the Garland/Northeast Dallas submarket since the start of the year.
https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2021/05/23/future-foam.html
June 10, 2021
Future Foam to Build in Garland, TX
Manufacturer plans to renovate Garland facility, create over 100 jobs
In This Article
- Shipping & Logistics Topic
- Future Foam, Inc. Company
- Apex Tool Group LLC Company
- Patrick Medinger Person
By Ryan Salchert – Staff Writer, Dallas Business Journal May 23, 2021, 8:15am EDT
Future Foam Inc. has plans to renovate and occupy a 341,840-square-foot warehouse in Garland, which has been vacant since 2015.
The Iowa-based manufacturer, which specializes in polyurethane foam products, plans to spend nearly $3 million to renovate the existing warehouse at 3000 W. Kingsley Road. It has been vacant since APEX Tool Group consolidated its operations from Garland to South Carolina, resulting in the loss of 261 jobs.
Future Foam expects to create 104 full time jobs over the next few years. The company also intends to reactivate rail service to the facility. https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d1276.4432975226807!2d-96.67642942035278!3d32.877770737221695!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x864ea0c7c22d0f4b%3A0x53abbe17f1ccf2c7!2s3000%20W%20Kingsley%20Rd%2C%20Garland%2C%20TX%2075041!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1621700319902!5m2!1sen!2sus
“Future Foam is excited to announce the expansion of manufacturing operations into Garland, which is advantageous for its strategic location and manufacturing resources. We are happy to work together with the city of Garland in a mutually beneficial partnership,” said Patrick Medinger, Future Foam CFO, in a prepared statement. “Future Foam is a family-owned company that has been in operation since 1958. We focus on bringing the highest quality products through innovative, customer driven solutions.”
The company already operates two other facilities in Northwest Dallas, along with some 30 other facilities in 18 states and international facilities in Germany and China.
Dallas-based FB Flurry, a privately owned fulfillment and technology company, will soon be joining Future Foam in Garland. Last week the company announced it would be taking 472,200 square feet at 3737 W. Miller Road, the largest lease signed in the Garland/Northeast Dallas submarket since the start of the year.
https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2021/05/23/future-foam.html
June 9, 2021
Bio Butanediol Project
Bio-BDO venture by Cargill and Helm
9 June 2021 – 0 Submitted by Andrew Warmington
Agribusiness giant Cargill and German chemical marketing and distribution firm Helm have formed a joint venture called Qore and will invest $300 million to build the first commercial-scale, renewable 1,4-butanediol (BDO) facility in the US. This will be located at Cargill’s biotechnology campus and corn refining operation in Eddyville, Iowa, and should be in operation in 2024.
Qore has licensed Genomatica’s BDO process technology and is using Cargill’s global feedstock supply and fermentation manufacturing expertise to produce at least 65,000 tonnes/year, under the brand name Qira. Helm will work with brand owners, OEMs and their suppliers to incorporate Qira into their products.
Qira is made via the fermentation of plant-based sugars and it is claimed, can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 93% compared to the manufacture of the same chemical intermediates from fossil sources. Applications include fibres, biodegradable plastics, polyurethane coatings, sealants and artificial leathers.
https://www.specchemonline.com/bio-bdo-venture-cargill-and-helm
June 9, 2021
Bio Butanediol Project
Bio-BDO venture by Cargill and Helm
9 June 2021 – 0 Submitted by Andrew Warmington
Agribusiness giant Cargill and German chemical marketing and distribution firm Helm have formed a joint venture called Qore and will invest $300 million to build the first commercial-scale, renewable 1,4-butanediol (BDO) facility in the US. This will be located at Cargill’s biotechnology campus and corn refining operation in Eddyville, Iowa, and should be in operation in 2024.
Qore has licensed Genomatica’s BDO process technology and is using Cargill’s global feedstock supply and fermentation manufacturing expertise to produce at least 65,000 tonnes/year, under the brand name Qira. Helm will work with brand owners, OEMs and their suppliers to incorporate Qira into their products.
Qira is made via the fermentation of plant-based sugars and it is claimed, can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 93% compared to the manufacture of the same chemical intermediates from fossil sources. Applications include fibres, biodegradable plastics, polyurethane coatings, sealants and artificial leathers.
https://www.specchemonline.com/bio-bdo-venture-cargill-and-helm
June 9, 2021
Dow Adds MDI Splitter in Freeport and Close La Porte PU Assets
Dow to build MDI distillation and prepolymers facility in Freeport
Marcy de Luna, Houston ChronicleJune 9, 2021Updated: June 9, 2021 11:29 a.m. Comments
The chemical maker Dow said Wednesday that it will build a methylene diphenyl isocyanate distillation and prepolymers facility at its manufacturing site in Freeport, and shut down its polyurethane assets at the company’s La Porte site.
Methylene diphenyl isocyanate is a chemical used primarily to manufacture polyurethane. Polyurethanes are used in foams, insulation, textiles and automotive manufacturing.
Upon completion of the new Freeport MDI facility in 2023, the company will shut down its polyurethane assets at the La Porte site, according to the release.
Dow, headquartered in Michigan, operates a facility in Deer Park as well as the 139-acre facility in La Porte, which has 225 Dow employees.
In 1985, Dow purchased the La Porte facility, built in 1960 by the Carwin Company of North Haven, Conn., to produce isocyanates, used in the production of automobiles, boats, athletic footwear, home insulation, appliances, clothing, ice chests, cosmetics, pet food, pharmaceuticals, toothbrushes, dyes, paints and vitamins.
In 1962, the La Porte facility was purchased by the Upjohn Company and expanded to include polyurethane production.
Jane Palmieri, president of Dow’s Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure operating segment, said in the release that the integration of MDI at the company’s Freeport site “creates a cost competitive supply of key upstream polyurethane raw materials, ensures a reliable supply position to support our growth in downstream high-value polyurethane markets and delivers a more sustainable production process.”
Palmieri also said the investment further enables Dow to support downstream systems customers’ growth.
Dow to build MDI distillation and prepolymers facility in Freeport, Texas
Capacity to support and advance downstream systems growth in construction, consumer, and industrial systems markets; Dow to exit and shut down its polyurethane assets at La Porte, Texas operations
Midland, Mich. – June 09, 2021 – Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced today plans to build an integrated MDI distillation and prepolymers facility at its world-scale manufacturing site in Freeport, Texas. This investment supports increasing demand for downstream polyurethane systems products and advances Dow’s leading positions in attractive applications in construction, consumer, and industrial markets that are growing above GDP.
The new Freeport MDI facility will replace Dow’s current North America capacity in La Porte, Texas, and will also be capable of supplying an additional 30 percent of product to Dow’s customers. In coordination with the start-up of the new MDI facility, expected in 2023, Dow will shut down its polyurethane assets at the La Porte site.
“This MDI investment optimizes our existing asset infrastructure and enhances our global polyurethanes leadership position, further enabling us to support downstream systems customers’ growth,” said Jane Palmieri, president of Dow’s Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure operating segment. “The back integration at the Freeport site creates a cost competitive supply of key upstream polyurethane raw materials, ensures a reliable supply position to support our growth in downstream high-value polyurethane markets and delivers a more sustainable production process.”
The new facility in Freeport will reduce Dow’s carbon footprint and water usage by:
- eliminating the need for the generation of thermal power by utilizing existing thermal energy from the Freeport site,
- reducing water intake and wastewater discharge (through production efficiencies), and
- eliminating the need for transport of raw materials.
Dow’s extensive Polyurethane Systems franchise upgrades key polyurethane components in order to produce rigid, semi-rigid and flexible foams, and coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers and composites for applications that range from industrial and infrastructure solutions, to consumer comfort solutions in flooring, furniture, bedding and footwear, to automotive solutions for vehicle interior, and energy-efficient insulation materials.
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