ExxonMobil Chemical Completes New Facility to Supply High-Performance Polymer Compounds
17 Janvier 2008 - 7:00PM
Business Wire
ExxonMobil Chemical today announced the completion and start-up of
a new $20 million compounding facility to supply high-performance
polymers to the automotive, appliance and specialty consumer
products industries. The world-class facility, located at
ExxonMobil's integrated Baton Rouge complex, has an initial annual
capacity of 40,000 tons of specialty compounded products. The
facility was designed for flexible and efficient production of high
quality and consistent products. It will manufacture a broad
spectrum of products including Exxtral� thermoplastic olefins and
Santoprene� thermoplastic compounds for interior, exterior and
under-the-hood automotive applications, and other specialty
materials for appliance, packaging, personal care, construction,
and electrical end uses. "The new facility is a key part of our
global growth strategy," said Jim McKinley, global specialty
compounding business manager, ExxonMobil Chemical Company. "It will
enhance ExxonMobil Chemical�s supply capabilities in North America
and leverage our global supply and technical capabilities to
provide high-quality compounded products more efficiently and with
greater flexibility to our customers around the world." The
facility includes an extensive product support and testing center
to manufacture new products more quickly and cost-effectively. This
new center is a key addition to ExxonMobil Chemical�s existing
network of product support and automotive development centers and
will help to promote collaboration between ExxonMobil and its
customers. In 2007, ExxonMobil Chemical announced the formation of
a new specialty compounding business to focus on the development,
production and marketing of engineered polyolefin compounds,
including a new line of automotive compounds. Products range from
soft and flexible compounds to stiff, reinforced composites. About
ExxonMobil Chemical ExxonMobil Chemical is a global leader in
technology, product quality and customer service with petrochemical
manufacturing and/or marketing operations around the world. To find
out more about ExxonMobil Chemical visit
www.exxonmobilchemical.com. Editor's note: The term "ExxonMobil
Chemical" refers collectively to some or all of the companies
affiliated with Exxon Mobil Corporation, and/or itself, which have
chemical manufacturing and/or marketing operations around the
world.
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