The Minhang plant of Huntsman Polyurethane (China) Co., Ltd., located in the Minhang Economic and Technological Development Zone, slowly opened its door, and a truck with an inter-provincial pass slowly drove out to deliver Huntsman's polyurethane materials to East China and even Customers in North China... Since the resumption of work and production, this global specialty chemical manufacturer has broken through the logistics bottleneck, and the production capacity of the Minhang factory has gradually recovered.

In the 1980s, Huntsman's polyurethane business entered the Chinese market. In 2021, the Huntsman Group's Asia-Pacific regional management headquarters in Shanghai was officially upgraded to an "investment-oriented regional headquarters". Huntsman's polyurethane materials are widely used in automotive, cold chain, construction, packaging and other industries, and are important raw materials for manufacturing. During the outbreak in Shanghai, two production companies under the Huntsman Group were listed among the first batch of companies to resume work and production in Shanghai, including the polyurethane raw material production base in Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone and the polyurethane product factory in Minhang Economic and Technological Development Zone.

"At present, more than 20 employees in the Minhang plant have resumed work, from the four departments of production, warehouse, engineering and quality, and the production capacity is gradually climbing." The head of the Huntsman Minhang plant said that because the Minhang plant is an important part of the automotive industry supply chain The raw material supplier of the node, they are expediting the rush orders from customers in the automotive industry.

Affected by the epidemic, logistics once became one of the biggest difficulties faced by many companies in April. Fortunately, after the resumption of work and production, Huntsman has successfully applied for inter-provincial and inter-regional passes, breaking through this logistics bottleneck. "At present, our products can be supplied to downstream customers in East China and North China relatively stably," said the person in charge, "At the same time, as more companies resume work and production, the supply capacity of upstream companies is also recovering. The industrial chain is gradually recovering.”

According to a relevant person from Huntsman Polyurethanes Division, since the outbreak of the Shanghai epidemic, Huntsman has always received care and help from government departments at all levels and Min Development.

In late March, a warehouse in Maqiao, where a batch of Huntsman's important raw materials was stored, was about to be closed due to the epidemic. After receiving a notice in the evening, Huntsman immediately asked the Minhang District Economic Commission for help. Minhang District Economic Commission arranged for staff to coordinate and communicate with Huntsman as soon as possible to help the company find a way. Finally, at 11:00 p.m., more business invitation letters were issued, and the raw materials were shipped out before the warehouse was closed.

"If this batch of raw materials cannot be 'snatched' out, it is likely to cause production interruptions." Huntsman introduced, not only that, but also apply for resumption of work and production, personnel return to work, vehicle passes, customs remote inspections and other matters In the past, Huntsman has received the help of the city, district, sub-district and Minhang Economic and Technological Development Zone to tide over the difficulties smoothly.

At present, Huntsman is implementing "one enterprise, one policy" in accordance with the requirements of epidemic prevention, specifically implementing the closed-loop management of "human, material, and environmental protection". You will need to spend a 2-day quiet period alone before you can work.