Plastics/Chemicals
Eastman
Our Plastics/Chemicals Cluster
- 18,832 people in our labor shed are employed in advanced materials
- Eastman's World Headquarters is located in Sullivan County employing more than 7,000 people.
- Eastman announced a $1.6 billion investment in their Sullivan County facility creating 350 more jobs in 2013.
- Domtar Corporation makes high end sheet rolled paper in Sullivan County.
- BAE has an explosives manufacturing plant in Sullivan County
- We have an industrial site with rich infrastructure including rail access, Partnership Park 2, which is ideal for a Plastics/Chemical facility.
- We export over $15 billion of manufactured product per year from our labor shed, the majority of which are in the chemical/plastics industry
- We have more employees in the following sectors than the average US labor shed by the pecentages listed:
- 210 times more in Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing
- 46 times more in Explosives Manufacturing
- 31 times more in Rubber Product Manufacturing for Mechanical Uses
- 3 times more in Plastic Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
- 2 times more in Urethane and Other Foam Products
- The University of Tennessee in Knoxville has a Polymer engineering program
- Sullivan County is located in a Foreign Trade Zone
- From 2011-2016 our labor shed had growth in the following areas:
- 792% growth in Urethane and Other Foam Products
- 164% growth in Plastic Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
- 35% growth in Explosives Manufacturing
- 23% growth in Rubber Product Manufacturing for Mechanical Use
- 8% growth in Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing
Who’s Here
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Our companies include:
- 10 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufactureres
- 7 Rubber Product Manufacturers for Mechanical Uses
- 5 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturers
- 4 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufactureres
- 4 Urethane and Other Foam Product Manufacturers
- 3 Plastic Material and Resin Manufacturers
- 3 Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturers
- 3 Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturers
- 3 Mold Manufacturers
- 3 Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturers
- 2 Adhesives Manufacturers
- 2 Explosives Manufacturers
- 2 Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins Manufacturers
- 2 Pesticide and other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturers
- 2 Fertilizer Manufacturers
- 2 Plastic Plumbing Fixture Manufacturers
- 1 Plastic Bottle Manufacturer
- 15 all other plastic product manufacturers
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