On June 8, 2023, Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas was recognized with a Caring for Texas Award from the Texas Chemical Council. The Caring for Texas Awards Program was established by the TCC Board of Directors in 1998 to promote continuous improvement in community involvement, emergency response and sustainability by TCC member companies. The program recognizes TCC member facilities that achieved exemplary results and demonstrated commitment to their employees and community. Formosa Plastics was one of five companies with more than 500 employees that was recognized for its commitment to continuous improvement in community involvement, emergency response and sustainability.
JUNE 14, 2023, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS – To support sustainability initiatives in Calhoun County, Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas awarded a $670,000 grant from the Formosa Plastics Environmental Endowment Fund Trust to Calhoun County, Texas, on June 14, 2023, at the Commissioners’ Court meeting.
Vern Lyssy, Calhoun County Commissioner Precinct #2, said, “We appreciate the grant from Formosa Plastics because it will help us to convert the Calhoun County Recycle Center into a transfer station. A transfer station will be able to hold more recyclable materials. We also anticipate reducing the number of transport trips to Corpus Christi, Texas thus reducing our carbon footprint.
On June 5, 2023, Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas also donated $40,000 to the City of Point Comfort to help start a recycling program. This donation went towards the costs of the recycle bins, as well as the curbside pickup service for residents.
Mike Rivet, Executive Director & Site Manager for Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas, said, “Our company is committed to helping local communities as they seek to improve their recycling capabilities. By fostering partnerships with area municipalities, leaders, educators and neighbors we can create a cleaner and more sustainable place to live and work.”
About Formosa Plastics
Founded in 1978, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) is a growing, vertically-integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. The private U.S. company has annual revenues of more than $6 billion. The manufacturing site in Texas employs more than 2,500 full-time employees and 1,000 full-time contractors who operate more than 20 production units.
Formosa Plastics offers a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. It markets polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® trade name; and markets its suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® trade name. It is certified to the ISO 9001 quality management system and the ISO 14001 environmental management system.
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JUNE 6, 2023, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS – To improve highway safety in Calhoun and Jackson Counties, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) has partnered with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to widen Farm-to-Market Road 1593. Formosa Plastics is donating $3.6 million to TxDOT for the project solidifying the unique public and private partnership. State Representative J.M. Lozano and TxDOT representatives will accept the check donation at 10 a.m. CDT, on Friday, June 9 at Formosa Plastics in Point Comfort, Texas.
Three miles of FM 1593 will be widened from two lanes to five. The area spans from the facility’s Gate 8 (Jackson County) to the State Highway 35 and FM 1593 intersection in (Calhoun County). Illumination and hinged traffic signals for oversized loads will be installed at Gates 3, 5 and 8, respectively. Turning, acceleration and deceleration lanes will also be added to the gate entrances. The project is anticipated to begin in early 2024 and will take approximately one year to complete.
Formosa Plastics values its long-term partnership with TxDOT. The partners have worked together for many years. Sharing the commitment to enhance safety and traffic flow for surrounding communities has been at the forefront of each organization’s business planning. In 2017, Formosa Plastics donated $1.6 million to enhance the intersection of Highway 35 and FM 1593. In 2021, Formosa Plastics donated about $1.1 million to install a traffic light at Gate 8. With the addition of this $3.6 million donation, Formosa Plastics will have donated $6.3 million to improve the area.
Mike Rivet, Executive Director & Site Manager for Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas, recently stated, “The Texas Department of Transportation understands Formosa Plastics’ commitment to continuous improvement. We take our commitments very seriously. Improving a major roadway for Calhoun and Jackson Counties is just the first of many examples to demonstrate our willingness to enhance the safety for our employees and community members.”
Jeffery Vinklarek, PE, Director of Transportation Planning and Development for TxDOT, said “The FM 1593 expansion project is focused on improving the safety of this corridor by adding capacity and operational improvements that will make FM 1593 safer to the traveling public. This project was very complex due to the railroad, number of pipelines, and huge waterlines in conflict with the expansion. Thanks to Formosa’s dedication to the project and financial support, this project will be awarded to a contractor this summer with construction starting early 2024.”
About Formosa Plastics
Founded in 1978, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) is a growing, vertically-integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. The private U.S. company has annual revenues of more than $6 billion. The manufacturing site in Texas employs more than 2,500 full-time employees and 1,000 full-time contractors who operate more than 20 production units.
Formosa Plastics offers a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. It markets polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® trade name; and markets its suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® trade name. It is certified to the ISO 9001 quality management system and the ISO 14001 environmental management system.
About TxDOT
The Texas Department of Transportation is responsible for maintaining 80,000 miles of road and for supporting aviation, maritime, rail, and public transportation across the state. Through collaboration and leadership, TxDOT delivers a safe, reliable, and integrated transportation system that enables the movement of people and goods.
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POINT COMFORT, TX (Jan. 23, 2023) – Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in Jackson and Calhoun counties yielded 194 different species. On Dec. 27, 2022, 34 volunteers made up of feeder watchers, landowners and counters surveyed properties throughout Jackson and Calhoun counties many owned by Formosa Plastics. Formosa Plastics provided access and escorts to its properties for the sixth year in a row and provided participants with meal at its Formosa-Tejano Wetlands. Volunteer participants spent sunrise to sunset surveying a 15-mile diameter search area.
Local Audubon CBC Compiler Bob Friedrichs said, "The 194 species tallied is our best result since the inception of the count in 2016. Species diversity was a little above normal for the count; we added seven species that we have not previously seen. These included Summer Tanager and Brown Creeper found by our teams on Formosa properties. We also found Canada and Cackling Goose, Black Scoter (a duck), Common Tern, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Black-headed Grosbeak for the first time.”
The Formosa-Tejano Wetlands section of the count had six bird species exclusive to that site. The Bell Tract and Sea Lakes properties also produced some unique species like Cackling Goose, Wood Duck and Black-and-white Warbler.
Friedrichs said, “It appears many of the bird species have 'bounced-back' from the February 2021 freeze, recent drought and tropical storms that impacted their numbers in previous years. This is good news.”
Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA supported the Jackson-Calhoun Counties, Texas Christmas Bird Count (CBC), on Dec. 27, 2021, by providing access to Formosa property and escorts. Pictured left to right are birding experts David Goff, Ron Weeks and Bill Wright surveying the Formosa-Tejano Wetlands.
Local Audubon CBC Compiler Bob Friedrichs said, "184 species were tallied during the Christmas Bird Count in Jackson-Calhoun Counties. Species diversity was close to normal for the count, which is good news, and we found a Yellow-breasted Chat for the first time, a shy bird usually heard not seen. We also found Wild Turkey and Rose-breasted Grosbeak for only the second time. The Formosa-Tejano Wetlands section of the count led the way with 10 bird species exclusive to that site. While the number of passerines was down, overall numbers of individual birds was actually about 25 percent higher than 2019 and 2020.”
Thanks goes out to the 30 volunteer participants who spent sunrise to sunset surveying the Jackson and Calhoun Counties’ 15-mile diameter search area.
