History
Shintech Brief History
1974 – 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,
PVC-2 Start Up, Ship Dock Expansion
Shintech Brief History
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.
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.
