Chemical Plant Investments Continue to Increase in Alabama

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). The state of Alabama is home to over 100 operational chemical processing industry (CPI) plants employing an approximate 15,000 people. The state enjoys port access to the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast product pipelines making it an attractive geographic with reliable access to most domestic and export markets. Based on active capital and maintenance projects being tracked in the state by Industrial Info as part of its

Click on the image at right to view a chart showing the breakdown of the top ten counties for chemical processing in Alabama.

Industrial Info is currently tracking over $400 million in future project activity planned in Alabama that has yet to begin construction with the majority of it planned to kick-off this year. In 2006, Industrial Info reported a total of 23 CPI projects in the state valued at over $270 million; this year 19 new projects have already been reported with a total investment value (TIV) of over $200 million. Considering we are just entering the second quarter of 2007, this is a very positive start to the year.

3M Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota) is providing much of the CPI’s momentum in the state with several large ongoing expansions and additions at its Decatur, Alabama plant site. Acting as the construction manager, PCL Construction Services (Burnsville, Mississippi) is currently erecting steel for a new, approximately 100,000 square foot building, for a new specialty film line addition. Equipment deliveries are expected this summer with the new line starting up in the spring of 2008. Austin AECOM (Chicago, Illinois) has been selected as the design-build for a new resin unit addition at the site which is expected to begin construction in the field sometime this summer.

According to the North American Project Database , the level of CPI project activity and spending in Alabama has continued to increase significantly in recent years.

Other major contributors to the increased level of spending include US Amines Limited, UOP LLC, BASF Catalysts LLC and others, each with plans for major expansions ranging in size from $5 million to $10 million. Plans for at least one grassroot plant that could begin construction this year in Alabama have been identified. World Environmental Solutions Company (Tampa, Florida) plans to construct a plant to produce carbon black, fuel oil, gas and scrap steel from waste tires in Southern Alabama. An engineering firm has been selected to help study the feasibility, technology and site logistics.

Industrial Info maintains a database of over 2,400 industrial plants located in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. The Gulf Coast region consists of the major industrial zones of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. With the Gulf Coast Online Plant Directory, access key plant management contacts, plant details such as physical address, driving directions, SIC product descriptions, and more while receiving monthly updates and new plant start-up information.

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