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HOUSTON--Sept. 19, 2006--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 our
online newsroom.
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.
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