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Baton Rouge area - Our facilities
Baton Rouge Resin Finishing Plant (BRFP)
History
The Resin Finishing Plant was acquired by Exxon Chemical in 1983.
BRFP today
Staffed by approximately 38 employees and 49 contractors, the plant producse more than 200 million pounds of adhesive resins per year.
End products and their uses
Feedstock - petroleum resin products - comes from the Baton Rouge Chemical Plant (BRCP). The customer applications of the adhesive resins we produce include the following:
Hot-melt adhesives (packaging, bookbinding, glue sticks)
Pressure-sensitive adhesives (office tape, masking tape, diaper tape)
Sealants (insulated glass, caulking and bathroom tiles and fixtures)
Miscellaneous adhesives (woodworking adhesive, tires, road markings, textiles, paper sizing)
Resins produced at the plant are packaged in multiple forms and can be shipped via trucks, railroad cars and tank trucks.
Three finishing trains are used to accommodate diverse grade slate and package form requirements.
Achievements and awards
In 2010, the Resin Finishing Plant completed recertification as an OSHA VPP STAR site.
