Louisiana Chemical Association

The Louisiana Chemical Association (LCA) and the Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance (LCIA) believe what is good for our industry is good for the state economy and in turn good for Louisiana residents. Below are just a few things our industry does on an ongoing basis to be a good neighbor:

Providing nearly 30,000 jobs at an average annual salary of nearly $55,000
Creating an additional 6.8 jobs in Louisiana for every new job in the chemical industry
Bringing $800 million to the state treasury and local governments through household earnings generated directly and indirectly by the chemical industry
Spending one out of every four dollars on pollution abatement measures - more than any other state
Reducing Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) emissions by more than 80 percent since 1987
Donating $11 million dollars annually-one-third of all monies raised - to the United Way
Promoting Process Technology (PTEC), a two-year associates degree that prepares people to work in the chemical industry as process operators; providing more than $200,000 in PTEC scholarships to students at the five Louisiana campuses offering PTEC
Producing 38.7 percent of the value-added in Louisiana manufacturing

COMPANY	PRODUCT	CHEMICAL

Air Products	Coffee Filters	Oxygen
Purpose: Oxygen bleaching reduces dependence on chlorine dioxide, decreases cost & improves envorinmental quality

Atofina	CD Cases	Polystyrene
Purpose: Used to produce CD Cases & plastic dinnerware

BASF	Hair Gel & Toothpaste	PVP & Ethylene Oxide
Purpose: PVP is a water soluble fixative in hair sprays & gels. Ethylene Oxide is used to make surfactants in toothpaste

BioLab	Toilet Bowl Tablets	TCCA
Purpose: Used as cleaning agent

Cabot	CD Wallets	REGAL®300 & BLACK PEARLS®280
Purpose: Used to make rubber parts of CD Case

Ciba	Wash cloths	Dyes
Purpose: Adds color to wash cloths

CITGO	Hershey Bar	Paraffin Wax
Purpose: Used to give food the right consistency

ConocoPhillips	M&M's	Specialty Food-Grade Refined products
Purpose: Used to give candy its glossy coating

Cytec	Clorox Handwipes	Acrylamide
Purpose: Used to make paper products strong & absorbent

Dow	Ziplock Bags	Polyethylene
Purpose: Used to make the plastic bags

Dupont	Performance Dry Multi-Use Lubricant	Teflon & Fluoropolymer
Purpose: Used as a lubricant

ExxonMobil	Crayons & Post-It Notes	Food Grade Wax/ Adhesive
Purpose: Food grade wax is used to give crayons structure & texture. Adhesive is used to make post-it notes stick

Ferro	9V Batteries	Solution in Batteries
Purpose: Used to help batteries store electrical charges

Formosa	Electrical Tape	Ethylene Dichloride
Purpose: Used in the production of the tape backing

Georgia Gulf	Reynolds Wrap	Vinyl
Purpose: Used to make plastic wrap

IMC	Fertilizer	Diammonium Phosphate
Purpose: Used to make crops disease free.

Ineos Fluor Americas	Tire Sealer & Aerosol Keyboard Cleaner	Klea 134a 1,1,1,2,-Tetrafluorethane
Purpose: Used as propellant

Louisiana Pigment	Dove Soap	Titanium Dioxide
Purpose: Used as Whitener

Lyondell	Stress Balls (Apples)	Toluene Diisocyanate
Purpose: Used to make many flexible and ridge foams

Pioneer	Hose Nozzles	Chlorine
Purpose: Used to make plastic parts

Rubicon	Foam Football	Isocyanate (MDI) & Product of Polyurethane
Purpose: Used to make polyurethane foams

Sasol	Shampoo	Alcohol Ethoxylate
Purpose: Cleaning agent in shampoo

Shell	Plastic Cups	Olefins
Purpose: Used to make polyethylene in plastic cups

Syngenta	Popcorn & Seeds	Herbicides
Purpose: Used to make crops disease free

Vulcan	Post-it-Notes	Sodium Hydroxide
Purpose: Used to process paper

Williams Olefins	Band-Aid Holders	Ethylene & Propylene
Purpose: Used to process & make plastic

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