New Roads, Louisiana 70760
Phone: 225-638-3751
Fax: 225-638-8124
1-800-738-7232
Formosa Plastics
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PO Box 160 New Roads, Louisiana 70760 Phone: 225-638-3751 Fax: 225-638-8124 1-800-738-7232 | |
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Louisiana
has the greatest concentration of crude oil refineries,
natural gas processing plants, and petrochemical production
facilities in the Western Hemisphere. However, not all of
Louisiana is heavily industrialized. Many areas of Approximately 300 acres of the industrial complex are reserved for current customers and other compounders, processors, or finished product manufacturers that would utilize Formosa's raw material as feed stocks. Some of the products which are manufactured from PVC flexible film include book covers, shower curtains, medical pads, stationery, raincoats, wallpaper, swimming pool liners, table cloths, adhesive tapes, and handbags. One site has already been sold to a manufacturer which plans to purchase PVC flexible film from Formosa Plastics (Nan Ya Plastics America) and produces inflatable air mattresses. This report, prepared by Pointe Coupee Electric Membership Corporation, is about the opportunities rural Louisiana offers to companies in the plastics processing industry. |
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the state
offer rural industrial sites which are ideal for labor
intensive manufacturing such as plastic processing or
finishing. In 1989, Formosa Plastics, a world leader in the
plastics industry, purchased over 1,000 acres of land in
Pointe Coupee Parish. Formosa Plastics has invested in two
large manufacturing facilities on site, that further processes
their own polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin, produced in nearby
Baton Rouge, into PVC flexible film and PVC pipe. These two
plants together represent a $118 million investment in the
industrial park and employs over 500 workers.