ExxonMobil to close Akron, Fairfax facilities

ERJ staff report (RPN)

By Mike McNulty, Rubber & Plastics News Staff

Irving, Texas - ExxonMobilChemical Co. plans to expand the size of a plant complex under construction in Houston to accommodate the relocation of additional staff, and close the onetime Advanced Elastomer Systems site in Akron.

A large number of employees are expected to transfer from operations ExxonMobil will close in two states, while others will relocate to the campus from two offices at the firm's Baytown, Texas, refinery complex outside of Houston. The company didn't say how many employees will transfer to the Houston site, nor did it release financial details of the action.

The former AES thermoplastic vulcanizates research and development facility, now under the ExxonMobil Chemical banner, employs 110, according to a spokesman. ExxonMobil markets the thermoplastic elastomers as Santoprene, which was developed by Monsanto Co. and later the AES joint venture between that firm and Exxon Chemical.

The Akron office once was the headquarters of the AES joint venture, and is located in a renovated former B.F. Goodrich building. AES employed 250 at that location when it opened.

ExxonMobil also plans to close the Fairfax, Virginia, offices of ExxonMobil's Refining and Supply Co.; Research and Engineering Co.; and Fuels, Lubricants & Specialties Marketing Co. The company did not give an employee breakdown at the Virginia offices.

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