On April 3, 2006 Air Products announced its purchase of Tomah’s Reserve facility. The acquisition increases the size of Air Products Performance Materials business and plans to capitalize on the company’s surface science expertise and high growth market opportunities. This will be the first year reporting as Air Products Performance Manufacturing, Inc. Air Products Reserve plant is a small specialty chemical facility with 28 employees. The main product is nonionic surfactants – or more simply - liquid soaps. Air Products remains committed to assuring environmental excellence through continual improvement, while sustaining business and production capabilities at world class levels. Evidence of this commitment includes our corporate environmental policy to achieve the highest environmental performance and our commitment to Responsible Care (RC) guiding principles. In 2007, annual production at the facility increased from 48.6 to 58.8 million pounds which represents a 21% increase. Air emission rates did not remain constant relative to production which resulted in a corresponding increase in reported emissions from 1,747 to 7,737 lbs. Overall off-site disposal was reduced from 56.3 thousand pounds to 39.7 thousand pounds. The Air Products Performance Manufacturing Reserve facility endeavors to maintain world class performance and commitment to improvement of environmental, safety and security measures. One of our goals is to make St. John Parish a better community/environment to live and work in both today and tomorrow. |
