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Texas Business Profile - Industrial Base
The region is home to many Fortune 500 companies and most have been here for
decades. The giants of the chemical and petrochemical industries are prevalent
in the Beaumont/ Port Arthur /Orange area. The pulp and paper companies chose
the wooded areas on the northern perimeter of the region. Service and support
companies that complement these industries are also prevalent. The broad
abundance of natural resources has also attracted oil production, ship building
and tourism. Growth sectors include food processing, research and development,
apparel, aircraft and metals. The following list illustrates the diversity of
the region's industrial base and the commitment made by many prestigious
companies.
American Valve Hydrant
Beaumont |
Fire Hydrants |
Tuboscope
Navasota |
Tubing |
Sawyer Crystal
Conroe |
Industrial Crystals |
North Star Steel
Beaumont |
Steel Mill |
A&A Fertilizer
Beaumont |
Fertilizer |
Texas Coffee Company
Beaumont |
Coffee & Spices |
Each year many new companies choose Southeast Texas for the site for new
facilities. Some of these are expansions of existing facilities and others are
relocations from other parts of the country. Below is a partial list of the
companies that have announced or completed new projects during the last three
years.
| Company |
Community |
Project |
Jobs |
| Signal |
Orange |
Shipbuilding |
600 |
| Huntsman |
The Woodlands |
R&D |
576 |
| Hewitt |
The Woodlands |
Conference Services |
550 |
| ISP |
Port Neches |
Electricians |
200 |
| Fox Sports Southwest |
The Woodlands |
Sports Broadcast |
400 |
| Read Hypervole |
Conroe |
Oilfield |
300 |
Industrial Base
Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange Area
AIR LIQUIDE AMERICA CORP.
Products: liquid argon, liquid and gaseous nitrogen and oxygen
AMERICAN VALVE 7 HYDRANT
Employment: 190
Products: hydrants
ARCH CHEMICALS
Products: sulfuric acid, ammonium sulfite-bisulfite
ATOFINA/BASF
Employment: 150
Products: ethylene, propylene
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Employment: 465
Products: benzene, sulfur, toluene, xylene, carbon black feed, #6 fuel oil,
gasolines, furnace oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel
BASF
Products: grass and weed herbicides
BAYER CORP.
Employment: 490
Products: synthetic rubber
BEAUMONT METHANE/BETZ LABORATORIES, INC.
Products: chemicals and chemical preparations
CALABRIAN CHEMICALS CORP.
Products: sodium tiosulfate pentahydrate, sulfur derivatives, sodium
metabisulfite, potassium, bisulfite, solium bisulfite blends, cuprous chloride,
sodium sulfite, sulfur dioxide, sodium thiosulfate
CAROTEX, INC.
Products: fuel oils refined from used oils
CENTANA ENERGY
Products: liquified petroleum gas mixtures
CHEMAX CORP.
Products: industrail cleaning preparaion, including degreasing solvents
CHEVRON /PHILLIPS
Employment: 770
Products: high-low and high-density polyethylene, ethylene, benzene, propylene,
toluene, hodrogen, cyclohexane, cumene
CLOEREN CO.
Products: tools and dies for the plastics industry
DUPONT DE NEMOURS, E I, & CO. - Beaumont Works
Employment: 500
Products: acetonitrile, acrylonitrile, ammonia, aniline, carbon dioxide,
hydrogen cyanide
DUPONT de NEMOURS, E I, & CO - Sabine River Works
Employment: 950
Products: hexasmethylene diamine, adipic acid, ammonia, ethylene, ionomer
resins, vinyl resins, acid resins,
ELF ATOCHEM NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Products: diethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfide, ethyl mercaptan, methyl
mercaptan
ENGINEERED CARBONS
Products: carbon black concentrates
EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP.
Employment: 2150
Products: polyethylene, paraxylene, benzene, ethylene, propylene, butadiene,
butane, armonatic distillates, cresylic acid, carbon black feedstock,
distillate fuel, diesel fuel, furnace oil, furfural polymer, marine gasoline,
aviation gasoline, motor gasoline, hydrogen sulfide, heavy alkylate, kerosene,
jet fuels, petroleum coke, lubricating oils, sodium cresylate, propane,
propylene mix, aromatic tars, ethane, sulfur, was, isobutane
FIRESTONE SYNTHETIC RUBBER & LATEX CO.
Products: synthetic rubber
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
Employment: 650
Products: antioxidants, hot melt resins, synthetic rubber, isoprene monomer
GREAT LAKES CARBON CORP.
Products: calcined petroleum coke
HELENA LABORATORIES
Employment: 475
Products: medical equipment
HONEYWELL
Products: polyethylene homopolymers and copolymers
HUNTSMAN CORP.
Employment: 1840
Products: ethylene, hudrogen, propylene, fuel oil, cyclohexane, pyrolysis
gasoline, propylene glycol, diethylene glycol, surfactants, nonylphenol,
ethylene, mtbe, butadiene, morpholine, ethanolamines, thiethylene glycol,
ethylene glycol, propylene oxide
INVISTA
Employment: 470
Products: textiles and integrated fibers
ISP
Employment: 210
Products: emulsion polybutadiene, styrene butadiene rubber, crumb rubber for
adhesives, carbon black masterbatch, high styrene masterbatch
LATEX SUPLLY, INC.
Products: detergents, industrial degreasing solvents
MARTIN GAS
Products: sulfur
MOTIVA ENTERPRISES
Products: diesel fuels, furnace oil, motor gasoline, lubricating oil, petroleum
coke, fuel oils, aviation gasoline, jet fuel, petrochecmical feedstocks,
sulfur
GERDAU AMERISTEEL
Employment: 550
Products: steel mill products, including rebar and rods
LYONDELL
Products: diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol, triethylene glycol
PRAXAIR, INC.
Products: liquid argon, gaseous nitrogen, gaseous oxygen, hydrogen
VALERO
Employment: 800
Products: motor gasoline, carbon black feedstock, ultra low sulfur diesel,
butane, diesel fuel, sulfur, jet fuels, alkylate, fuel oil, reformate,
petroleum coke, propane, propane/propylene mix
REAGENT CHEMICAL AND RESEARCH INC.
Products: hydrochloric acid
SABINA PETROCHEMICALS
Product: Batadiene
SOUTH HAMPTON REFINING CO.
Products: normal pentane, iso-pentane, cyclo-pentane, iso-hexane, petroleum
ether, hexane, benzene concentrate
TEMPLE-INLAND
Employment: 1500
Products: paper, paper board, lumber
TEXAS BRINE CORP.
Products: oil well drilling and work over chemicals, sodium chloride brine
Industrial Base
THE WOODLANDS
AMERICAN BIOMED, INC.
Products: catheters, including toposcopic, cardiac asssist pump, &
atherectomy catheters
AQUAPRO OF TEXAS
Products: water treatment skids
BEST CONCEPTS
Products: strip machine, automation systems and special machinery for
converting and packaging companies
CENTRIFIX CORP.
Products: industrial pump floats, steam, gas vapor, and air separators,
skimmers for oil spill pickup
GENOSYS BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Products: synthetic DNA and peptides, molecular biology kits, antibodies
HUGHES-CHRISTENSEN
Products: oil well drilling tools
HYDRAULICS TECHNOLOGY
Products: hydraulic bolt tensioners, high-pressure hydraulic pumps
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE CORP.
Products: low temperature devices for cryogenic cooling of crystallographic
materials, crystallographic analyzer components, precision synchrotron beam
line components, cryogenic crystallography system components, crystal X-ray
analysis equipment
SURGIMEDICS
Employment: 175
Products: cardio-vascular disposable devices
TEXAS PUP, INC.
Products: oil field equipment
TORQUE SYSTEMS INTL, INC.
Products: torque lin wrenches, tube extractor systems, pneumatic nut spinners,
heat-exchanger tube buncle extracting units
WINGO EQUIPMENT CO.
Products: industrial process control instruments
Industrial Base
CONROE
APPLIED RUBBER TECHNOLOGY
Product: molded rubber products
BALL METAL CONTAINER CORP. Employment: 120
Products: metal cans and glass containers
CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY
Employment: 150
Products: metal cans
DRILLING SPECIALTIES CO.
Product:drilling mud additives
DURAQUEST
Product: molded rubber and plastic products
EXXON
Product: liquefied petroleum gases, natural gasoline
FLUID CONTAINMENT, INC.
Employment: 100
Products: fiberglass-reinforced plastic manholes and underground storage
tanks
HUNTSMAN CORP.
Employment: 300
Products: industrial organic chemicals
LINCOLN LUMBER CO.
Product: wood pallets and skids, wood fencing
MAVERICK TUBE CORP.
Product: oil well casing and tubing, line pipe
NATIONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Product: communications equipment
ODEM TRAILER, MFG
Product: trailers
R&M ENERGY
Product: oil well productions and well head equipment
REPO TECHNOLOGY
Product: blue paint, machine and laminating equipment.
SAWYER CRYSTAL
Product: crystalline quartz disks and bars for the manufacture of
resonators
SPARKLER FILTERS, INC.
Product: pressure and vacuum vertical & horizontal plate liquid filters,
trap filters, pilot plant filters
STITT SPARK PLUG CO.
Product: ceramic spark plug insulators, screw machines products, ignition
terminals, spark plugs for natural gas-fueled industrial engines
TEXAS DIAMOND TOOLS, INC.
Product: diamond saw blades, concrete coring diamond core bits
TEXAS OIL TOOLS, INC.
Product: oil field equipment, including wire line & work over blowout
preventers
TISDALE COMPANY
Product: air conditioning and refrigeration equipment
TUBULAR PERFORATING MFG., INC.
Product: steel tubes
TVI-FLO
Products: fluid processing equipment
Industrial Base
HUNTSVILLE
BOWLING MACHINES AND FABRICATION
Products: pipe jack stands
CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL
Employment: 192
Products: forest products
GARDNER GLASS PRODUCTS
Products: mirrors
Industrial Base
LIBERTY
LIBERTY FORGE, INC.
Products: steel forgings
Industrial Base
DAYTON
HUNTSMAN
Employment: 65
Products: Surfactants and Performance Chemicals
INSTEEL WIRE PRODUCTS
Products: steel wire drawing, welded wire mesh fabric sheet and rolls
SUNBELT WORKS, INC.
Products: steel merchant bars, reinforcing bars
Industrial Base
LIVINGSTON
ALSTON MFG. CO.
Products: ratchet pipe
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