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A* "Vista & Aberdeen" Brochure Copy/Rev. 5/26/88 ABERDEEN BROCHURE COPY <PAGE 1 -- Cover) "Vista and Aberdeen. Work i no Together'1 (PAGE 2) Picture: J.C. Lockhart, Lead Warehouseman Quote: " I've enjoyed my 23 years at this plant. This company's been very good to me and my family. Aberdeen should be proud of Vista. We run a good operation here, and we will continue to do so." Cop y : QUR PROUD HISTORY Many of us at the Vista plant grew up around here, and all of us are proud to call Aberdeen, Mississippi home. Qur original plant was built by the Thompson--Apex Company in 1963, and purchased by Conoco a year later. Today, our plant produces over 600 million pounds of products each year, a 12-fold increase since our beginning. We became part of the Vista family in 1984, when Vista Chemical Company was created from the assets of Conoco Chemicals, following Conoco''s merger with DuPont. Today, Vista operates nine plants in seven states, and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. VAB.0001002605 A "Vista & Aberdeen" Brochure Copy/Rev. 5/26/88 (PAGE 3) Pictures James Howell, Compound Shift Supervisor Quote: "The Compound Department uses PMC made here at the plant to make a variety of products. For us, safety is #1, and we make sure our people have the proper tools, and know how to use them. It s important to the company to provide them with a safe working environment, and I'm proud to say we do." Copy: OUR PRODUCTS In Aberdeen, we make polyvinyl chloride, or PMC resin, the basic ma t e r i a 1 f or a w i de v ar i e t y of f am i 1 i ar pi as t i c products. Our customers use our PMC resin to make plastic pipe and fittings, window f rames, and v i ny 1 siding, just to name a f ew. Our Compounding Department blends and me 1 ts PMC resin with otheringredients, to form specialty compounds used for insulation on electrical wires and cables, automotive trim molding, and many different injection molded products. VAB.0001002606 MUM MM mm '< \ t i sta & Aberdeen" Brochure Copy/Rev / 2 6/ 8 8 (PAGE 4) Picture: James M. Gray, Lead Laboratory Technician ft Quote: "We test shipments of product going out by truck and railcar, to make sure they meet the customer's need for quality. We're working -for constant improvement . " Copy: THE PROCESS Our process Monomer, or sphere . begins with incoming MCM, which is stored railcar shipments of Minyl Chloride in our 4--mi11 ion pound capacity The MCM is mixed with water and other ingredients and reacted to form PMC resin. The wet PMC slurry is pumped into blend tanks, then moved to the dryers. Now a dry white powder, the PMC is stored in si 1 os from which it is loaded into railcars and trucks -for shipment to our customers. Our Compounding! Dry B1 end, api-d PI artHu Tb er Departments use some of this resin, blending it with other materials to produce a variety of intermediate compounds for other customers. MMMVIlMHIHi VAB.0001002607 rnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm A\ "Mista fit Aberdeen" Brochure Copy/Rev. 5/26/88 (PAGE 5) Pictures Joe Ann McM i 1 1 i an , Emp 1 oye e Relations As-sistant Quote: "Safety is very important here. It's a part 0+ every employee communication. We preach safety from head to toe, and think it's because the company really cares about us as people. That really motivates me to do my best." I Copy: OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY Qp e r a tino safe 1y, an d protecting the environmen t, ar e t op p rioritie s at Mista. 1,J i s t a is proud of its record for safe operation at all nine of its plants, and Aberdeen is no exception. The key to our excellent safety record is keeping our p<eople informed about important regulations and safe work practices, and each person taking individual responsibility for his or her own person a1 safety. Ou r p e op 1e are we 11 equipped and trained to work safely, and this training is ongoing. VAB.0001002608 A* "Vista & Aberdeen" Brochure Copy/Rev. 5/26/88 (PAGE 6) Picture: David Sprowell, Lead Vinyl OperatorQuote: "I'm a native of these parts, and the -first job I ever had was at this plant. I run the reacted PVC slurry through the dryers and to the silos -for storage, and I have samples taken to the lab, to make sure we keep up the quality o-f our products." Copy: OUR COMMITMENT TO QUALITY Vista also has a unique program o-f continuous Quality Improvement, with teams of employees sharing ideas to improve the things we do. The people who actually do the work are the best source of ideas for improving the process. Our valued customers and suppliers also provide us with many useful ideas, and we communicate with them frequently. Our Quality Management Process has already made important improvements in our products and the way we make them, and the process continues. VAB.0001002609 A "Mista & Aberdeen" Brochure Copy/Rev. 5/26/38 <PAGE 7) Picture: Mernon Thornhill, Process Engineer Quote: "When new environmental regulations come into effect, our group designs new equipment and systems to meet them. There's a lot of mutual respect between engineering and the operators. We communicate a lot ^ n d the^,often provide the solutions for our engineering problems. Copy: QUR CONCERN FOR THE ENMIRQNMENT Like all chemical companies, we operate under various complex regulations and guidelines established by federal, state and local governments. We invest considerable time and money to comply with these regulations, and with new regulations as they come out. --PMC POWDER A small amount of dust gets through our filtration system, and periodically shows up as a fine white powder on cars in the This powder is sometimes a nuisance. It is primarily PMC resin, which is inert and non-toxic, and which will not hurt you or damage the paint on cars. We have taken a number of major steps to reduce the powder problem, and these efforts will continue. The State Bureau of Pollution Control has established a limit for particulate emissions from our plant of 300 pounds per hour. Our actual particulate emissions are about 35 pounds per hour, less than 12% of the permitted amount, and we are working to reduce this further . Mom* mum MMMMMi VAB.0001002610 m A "Uista & Aberdeen" Brochure Copy/Rev. 5/26/88 (Page 8) Picture: Ginny Be 1K, Plant Nurse Quote: "In addition to administering -first aid, I coordinate our MCM Medica1 Survei11 ance Program, and maintain all the medica1 records I also provide health training and counsel ing -for plant employees, on subjects like blood pressure, diet, and personal medical probiems." Copy MCM producing PMC resin. While PMC, our end-product, is quite inert and non-toxic, there is concern about cancer and other health e-f-fects related to MCM exposure. These problems have been associated with levels o-f exposure grea11 y higher than any in our plant today. And we have never had a case o-f serious health problems related to MCM exposure at our Aberdeen -faci 1 i ty. Current GSHA standards limit occupational exposure to a maximum average o-f 1 part per milli on -for any e i gh t hour peri od, or a maximum average o-f 5 ppm -for any 15 minute period, and we are normally well below these levels. We have a system o-f sensitive monitoring devices to detect the presence and concentration o-f MCM in the plant, and we also monitor employees individually. In 1987, environmental standards permitted 214,000 pounds per year o-f MCM emissions -from our plant. Our actual emissions wer e^ 120,000 pounds. VAB.0001002611 A "Mista. & Aberdeen" Brochure Copy/Rev. 5/26/88 < PAGE 9) Picture: Doyle Wells, General Mechanic Quote: 11 I work mostly on pumps, compressors and values. We can't tolerate any leaks, so there's usually three or -four of us working on valves, to head off serious problems before they develop. Sometimes we stay late, it fixing something quickly is important to keep the plant running smoothly and safely." Cop y: OUR CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT --SOLID WASTE Like any home or business, we also generate a certain amount of trash. In our case, it consists of paper, cardboard, plastic, wood, PMC resin and compounds. Most of this is non-hazardous waste, which we send to the Monroe County landfill, and it amounts to about 2,500 tons a year. A much smaller amount of hazardous waste is generated at the plant, the bulk of which is waste oil. About 15 truckloads, of 5,000 gallons each, are shipped each year to a company which burns it as fuel for their process, under environmentally safe conditions. About four times a year, sixty 55-gallon drums of various materials are shipped to Erne 11e, Alabama, for disposal in a secure landfill operated by Chemical Waste Management Company. Only 10% of this waste is actually classified as hazardous. The rest is sent to the secure landfill as an added precaution. In our mode of continuous improvement, we are striving to further reduce or eliminate these solid wastes, or find markets so the material may be used rather than requiring disposal. MHi mrnmmmmm VAB.0001002612 Mr AV "Uista & Aberdeen" Brochure Copy/Rev. 5/26/88 (PAGE 10) Picture: Linda Michels, Accounting Clerk Quote: "My job is keeping track of finished product inventory. Those of us who don't work out in the plant get safety training too, learning to keep drawers closed and electric cords out of walkways. Lie live in Aberdeen, bu t it feels like coun try to us. It's the best of both worIds." Copy: OUR CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT --WATER One of our most important resources is water... It's essential to our process, and to everyday 1ife for al1 of us. We get the water we use in the plant from on--site wells- and from the City of Aberdeen. We discharge waste water into James Creek, and our state of the art treatmen t system protects the fish, p1 ants and wildlife that depend on that aquatic environment. A series of large, aerated ponds reduce organic materials in the water to 307. of the allowable limit, before it enters James Creek. The water we discharge actually has a higher oxygen content than the water already in James Creek. VAB.0001002613 * Ui it* AKar Haa a A (PAGE 11) Pictures Bob Seymour Copy: OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU One of the real strengths of a community like ours is the closeness of its people. And we appreciate the support Aberdeen has shown us over the years. Our position in the PUC market is very strong today, and we plan to be a qood neighbor in the Aberdeen community for many years to come. We will continue to keep you in-formed of our progress in this vital and orowing business, and we are always happy to hear from you. Your thoughts and suggestions are of great benefit to us. We care what you think, and we will 1isten. SINCERELY, 0 (Signature) BOB SEYMOUR, PLANT MANAGER VAB.0001002614 t- A "Vista & Aberdeen" Brochure Copy/Rev. 5/26/88 (PAGE 12 - Back Cover) Aberdeen plant address and phone number. Vista Corporate address and phone number. VAB.0001002615