据石化产品新闻2021年4月22日休斯敦报道，陶氏化学公司首席执行官吉姆·菲特林4月22日表示，陶氏化学公司预计其旗下的工厂在2021年剩余时间内将处于“强劲开工率范围”，但随着来自新冠肺炎疫情大流行的经济复苏，需求不断增加，将使供应紧张。
菲特林在4月23日举行的公司2021年第一季度财报电话会议上表示：“我认为我们可能要到第四季度末才会增加库存，而这完全取决于我们第四季度的业绩是否低迷。”
菲特林说，“汽车市场、旅游市场、建筑和住宅市场需求都会有上涨，家电市场需求积压，交货时间长。一切都指向高开工率的方向。”
菲特林表示，陶氏化学公司2月中旬因美国墨西哥湾沿岸持续低于冰点温度而关闭的所有设施现都已恢复运营，并在3月底前达到冬季风暴前的运营水平。
菲特林还表示，陶氏化学公司的销售额同比增长了22%，每个地区的所有业务部门都实现了增长。成交量与上年同期持平，因建筑、移动、电子和汽车、家电等耐用消费品的增长，被来自冻结的供应限制所抵消。
陶氏化学公司表示，得益于产品价格同比上涨19%，该公司第一季度净利润比去年第一季度的2.39亿美元增长了三倍多，达到了9.91亿美元。
菲特林表示，聚乙烯需求强劲，供应紧俏，库存处于5年低点，推动了公司的利润增长，尤其是工业和消费包装，以及柔性食品和饮料包装。
聚乙烯被用来制造世界上使用最多的塑料，从牛奶罐、食品杂货袋到洗发水瓶和饼干包装。
李峻 编译自 石化产品新闻
原文如下：
Dow expects strong operating rates for 2021: CEO
Dow Chemical expects its facilities to be in "strong operating rate territory" for the rest of 2021, but increasing demand amid economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will keep supply tight, CEO Jim Fitterling said April 22.
"I don't think we'll be building inventory until maybe possibly the end of the fourth quarter, and that all depends on whether we have a slow fourth quarter or not," he said during the company's Q1 2021 earnings call.
"There's upside in automotive, there's upside in travel, there's upside in construction and home, there's backlog in appliances and long lead times," Fitterling said. "Everything is pointing to the direction of high operating rates."
All of Dow's units that shut down in mid-February when sustained subfreezing temperatures hit the US Gulf Coast were back online and reached pre-storm operating rates by the end of March, he said.
Fitterling also said Dow's sales were up 22% year over year, with gains in all operating segments in every region. Volumes were in in line with year-ago levels as gains in construction, mobility, electronics and consumer durables, such as vehicles and appliances, were offset by supply constraints from the freeze.
Dow's net income for the quarter more than quadrupled to $991 million from $239 million in Q1 2020, the company said, benefiting from product prices up 19% from the year-ago period.
Fitterling said resilient demand for polyethylene amid tight supply and inventories at five-year lows enabled profit momentum, particularly for industrial and consumer packaging, and flexible food and beverage packaging.
Polyethylene is used to make the world's most-used plastics, from milk jugs and grocery bags to shampoo bottles and cookie packaging.
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