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Sep 8th, 2008                                Print this article

Compounding: ExxonMobil Chemical reaches Asia-Pacific compounding agreement

By Matt Defosse

ExxonMobil Chemical (Houston, TX; www.exxonmobilchemical.com) has established a compounding agreement with Resin & Pigment Technologies Pte. Ltd. (R&P; www.resinpts.com), the plastics compounding and masterbatch subsidiary of cement supplier EnGro Corp. Ltd. (www.engro-global.com). Under the agreement, R&P will manufacture a range of ExxonMobil Chemical’s specialty compounds for use in automotive interior and exterior applications, appliances and consumer products at its facility on Jurong Island, Singapore, two kilometers from ExxonMobil Chemical's petrochemical complex. ExxonMobil Chemical will use the Singapore complex as the primary source of polyolefins for those compounds. R&P also has facilities in Malaysia and China.

The supplier has been expanding its presence in the compounding world. Earlier this year it announced the start-up of a new $20-million specialty compounding facility in Baton Rouge, LA, with an annual capacity of 40,000 tons.

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