XOM Exxon Mobil Corp

ExxonMobil Chemical today announced that the company will build a new facility at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana, complex to produce specialty compounded products. The investment is part of the company's global compounding strategy and commitment to provide engineered thermoplastic materials to the automotive and consumer products industries. The Baton Rouge plant will have the capability to manufacture a broad spectrum of commercial compounded products including ExxonMobil Chemical's Performance Polyolefin grades (compounded polypropylene), Santoprene(TM) thermoplastic elastomers and other specialty elastomers. The facility will include a new products center and organization that will fully leverage ExxonMobil's broad range of polymer and compounding technology and work with the company's global technology organization to develop, innovate and rapidly deploy new products to the marketplace. Construction is expected to begin in October 2006. The new facility is expected to start-up in the second quarter of 2007. ExxonMobil Chemical is a global leader in technology, product quality and customer service with petrochemical manufacturing and/or marketing operations in more than 150 countries around the world. To find out more about ExxonMobil Chemical visit www.exxonmobilchemical.com. See more information about ExxonMobil Performance Polyolefins for the automotive industry in the company's online newsroom at this link: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/exxonmobil/index.jsp?epi- content=GENERIC&newsId=20060510005101&ndmHsc=v2*A1072962000000* B1158622620000*C4102491599000*DgroupByDate*G2*J2*N1001106&newsLang= en&beanID=2030803304&viewID=news_view. (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. You may also need to remove extra spaces in the URL if they exist.) Note to the editors: ExxonMobil, the ExxonMobil logo, the "Interlocking X", and Santoprene are trademarks or registered trademarks of Exxon Mobil Corporation or its affiliates. The term "ExxonMobil Chemical" refers collectively to some or all of the companies affiliated with Exxon Mobil Corporation which have chemical manufacturing and/or marketing operations around the world.