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Formosa Plastics is granted tax abatement by Calhoun Port Authority

Formosa Plastics is granted tax abatement by Calhoun Port Authority

The plastics company is granted a 10-year tax abatement

by Adam Seibel

PORT LAVACA, Texas – The Calhoun Port Authority approved a tax abatement request made by Formosa Plastics. The request is for 100% tax abatement for 10 years for Formosa Plastics, taking effect in 2022.

Formosa Plastics halted a large plant expansion project last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but is now back on track to expand. The expansion work is e ... Read more

Orion Marine Group christens new dredge Lavaca

Orion Marine Group christened its newest dredge, Lavaca, Nov. 10 at Port Lavaca, Texas.

The recently commissioned Lavaca has undergone a complete rebuild over 15 months, including detailed engineering by The Shearer Group, Inc. to meet O ... Read more

Tropical Storm Beta Brought Flooding Rain From Texas to Miss

At a Glance Tropical Storm Beta was a slow-mover out of the western Gulf of Mexico.

Over 10 inches of rain fell over parts of southeast Texas, including Houston.

Beta also produced coastal flooding as far east as Mississippi ... Read more

City of Port Lavaca celebrates the completion of Lighthouse

City of Port Lavaca celebrates the completion of Lighthouse Beach Pier

"Today's celebration is not to only recognize the completion of this pier but also completion of all of our public assistance grant projects as a result of Hurricane ... Read more

Formosa shuts down Texas PVC facility after leak

A feedstock leak has caused Formosa Plastics Corp. USA to shut down its PVC resin production unit in Point Comfort, Texas.

Almost 170 pounds of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) were released from a 3-inch de-gas line at the site between April 12-13, according to a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. VCM is a feedstock used to make PVC resin.

Officials with Formosa in Livingston, N.J., could not be reached for comment on April 14. The firm also makes polyethylene, polypropylene and related products in ... Read more

One man dead in shooting in Calhoun County

Photo courtesy: The Port Lavaca Wave

PORT LAVACA, Texas – Authorities with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a fatal shooting at 89 Holloman Rd. in Port Lavaca. Authorities arrived around 8:30 a.m. Saturday mornin ... Read more

Formosa Plastics picks process tech for US PE, PP units in T

HOUSTON (ICIS)–Formosa Plastics Corp USA has chosen the process technologies that it will use in the polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plants it is building in Point Comfort, Texas, the company said on Monday.

The technology for ... Read more

Formosa places force majeure on PP resin at Point Comfort

Formosa Plastics Corp. USA has placed force majeure sales limits on polypropylene resin made at its plant in Point Comfort, Texas.

In an Aug. 8 letter to customers, officials with Formosa in Livingston, N.J., said that the firm "has expe ... Read more