杜邦公司近日称,设在美国得克萨斯州博蒙特的杜邦功能弹性体工厂原先计划于2009年6月30日关闭,但为了满足客户对一种特定材料的需求,该工厂可能生产到2009年第三季度,不过最迟到2009年年底将会关闭,但是杜邦公司在该厂址的苯胺装置仍将开工。杜邦公司的功能弹性体用于制造汽车 DuPont recently said that the DuPont Functional Elastomer plant in Beaumont, Texas, originally was scheduled to close on June 30, 2009, but to meet customer demand for a particular material, the plant may be manufactured by third in 2009 The quarter, however, will be closed by the end of 2009 at the latest, but DuPont’s aniline plant at the site will still be operating. DuPont’s functional elastomers are used to make cars