Sabic Innovative Plastics

Staats has been the maintenance engineer for polycarbonate manufacturing in Mount Vernon, Ind., for the last four years and is in the process of switching roles to operations engineering in the same polycarbonate facility with a focus on specialty plastics manufacturing.

Barton's previous positions also include research chemist and senior analyst for Americas sustainability strategy in corporate sustainability.

Sustainable applications being touted by Sabic include light fixtures made from Lexan-brand polycarbonate and hygiene products made from recycled content, as well as the Microsoft mouse made with 20 percent ocean plastic.

The leak occurred in September 2020 and resulted in more than 22,000 pounds of styrene vapor being released. The state announced the $322,400 fine in an April 13 news release.

The operation includes two PE units with combined annual production capacity of almost 3 billion pounds, as well as a monoethylene glycol (MEG) unit with a capacity of more than 2.4 billion pounds per year.

Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, the ExxonMobil and Sabic joint venture, will have annual polyethylene resin capacity of almost 3 billion pounds.

The joint project to build a new, commercial-scale advanced recycling unit announced last year by Sabic and Plastic Energy has now reached the engineering and construction phase, the companies have announced.

The leak came from a rail car and led to some area businesses being evacuated.

The new Elcres CRX materials are part of Sabic's line of LNP Specialty Compounds. The PC copolymers are aimed at preventing stress cracking on medical devices that are often cleaned with strong disinfectants, officials said in a news release.