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Shintech Brief History1974 – Freeport, Texas - Plant 1 Start Up under 50/50 Joint Venture between Shin-Etsu and Robintech 1976 – Freeport, Texas - Shintech wholly owned by Shin-Etsu Chemical, Co., Ltd. 1981 – Freeport, Texas - Plant 2 Start Up 1986 – Freeport, Texas - K-Bin Start Up (a wholly owned subsidiary of Shintech producing PVC compound) 1988 – Freeport, Texas - Plant 2 Expansion 1990 – Freeport, Texas - Plant 3 Start Up 1991 – Freeport, Texas - K-Bin Expansion 1992 – Freeport, Texas - K-Bin Expansion 1994 – Freeport, Texas - Plant 3 Expansion 1998 – Freeport, Texas - K-Bin Expansion 2000 – Addis, Louisiana - Plant Start Up 2001 – Addis, Louisiana - Plant Expansion 2004 – Freeport, Texas - K-Bin Expansion 2006 – Freeport, Texas - K-Bin Expansion 2008 – Plaquemine, Louisiana - Chlor-Alkali-1, Vinyl Chloride Monomer-1 and PVC-1 Plants Start Up 2009 – Addis, Louisiana - Packaging facility Start Up 2010 – Plaquemine, Louisiana - Chlor-Alkali-1, Vinyl Chloride Monomer-1 and PVC Expansion 2011 – Plaquemine, Louisiana - Chlor-Alkali-2, Vinyl Chloride Monomer-2, PVC-11 Plants Start Up 2016 – Addis, Louisiana - PVC Plant Expansion 2016 – Plaquemine, Louisiana - Chlor-Alkali-1, Vinyl Chloride Monomer-1 Expansion 2017 – Plaquemine, Louisiana - Chlor-Alkali-2, Vinyl Chloride Monomer-2 Expansion 2019 – Plaquemine, Louisiana - Ethylene-1 Plant Start Up 2019 – Freeport, Texas - K-Bin Expansion 2021 – Plaquemine, Louisiana - Chlor-Alkali-3, EDC, Vinyl Chloride Monomer-3, PVC-2 Start Up (Planned) 2022 - Addis, Louisiana - Material Handling Expansion 2024 - Addis, Louisiana - Packaging Expansion 2024 - Plaquemine, Louisiana - Chlor-Alkali-3 Expansion, Vinyl Chloride Monomer-3 Expansion, Ethylene-2 Start Up, About Shintech PVC
Shintech will leverage the advantage of favorable raw material economics in the U.S. to steadily meet increasing demand in the U.S. and the rest of the world, with plans to further increase production capacity in a timely manner. Shintech is committed to operating safe and environmentally responsible facilities.
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Shintech is the largest PVC producer in the United States and the world. Upon completion of the Plaquemine expansion in 2021, it will produce 7.14 billion pounds of PVC resin. Shintech manufactures its own monomer and began ethylene production in 2019. Shintech facilities produce resin in Freeport Texas, Addis Louisiana, and Plaquemine Louisiana. Shintech, which launched PVC production in the state of Texas in 1974, established its business foundation in the country where risk appeared to be relatively low. The company owns a vast amount of property in Texas and Louisiana. Shintech has received strong support and understanding from both state and local governments in Louisiana and Texas, while establishing favorable relationships with local communities.