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Eager furniture buyers face long delays because of supply chain issues, shortage of chemical used to make cushion foam Cameron Fields, cleveland.com, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio The winter storms and power outages that hit Texas and Louisiana happened about two months ago. But their economic impact, particularly for the furniture industry, is still being felt greatly around the country, including in Northeast Ohio.
Texas and Louisiana house the plants that produce toluene diisocyanate (TDI), one of two main chemicals used to make furniture foam.
Because of the storms’ impact, those plants had to shut down their manufacturing process for several weeks, said John Ferrato, president of Wayside Furniture in Akron. The backup in producing TDI is one of the reasons customers have had 3-6 month wait times for furniture to arrive in store showrooms.