Aug 4 2005
ExxonMobil Chemical France is expanding by 50 percent the capacity of its Escorez 5000 hydrogenated tackifier plant in Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon. Mechanical completion of the additional Escorez 5000 line is expected in 1Q2007.
"This multi-million dollar investment in Escorez(TM) 5000 tackifiers will help us serve global demand for adhesives and demonstrates ExxonMobil Chemical's long-term commitment to customers in the fast-growing, hot melt adhesive market," said Darren Woods, Adhesion Industry Global Business Unit vice president, ExxonMobil Chemical Company. "At the same time, it further strengthens our position as the premier global supplier to this market. ExxonMobil Chemical provides its customers with consistently high-quality Escorez tackifiers from manufacturing facilities in the United States, France and Japan."
Hydrogenated tackifiers are essential in the manufacturing of hot melt adhesives for nonwoven items such as diapers, training pants, feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products and in packaging applications requiring the ultimate in stability, low color and low odor.
ExxonMobil Chemical offers the broadest portfolio of polymers specifically designed for adhesive applications, including Vector(TM) styrenic block copolymers (SIS and SBS), Escorene(TM) (EVA), Optema(TM) (EMA) and Enable(TM) (EnBA) specialty ethylene copolymers and Exact(TM) metallocene plastomers.