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TOKYO--March 7, 2007--ExxonMobil Chemical today announced the official opening
of its new Polymers Automotive Applications Center in Kawasaki, Japan.
Officially opened by Jim Harris, senior vice president, ExxonMobil Chemical
Company, the applications center will support its polymers portfolio,
including specialty elastomers such as Santoprene(TM) thermoplastic
vulcanizate (TPV), polypropylene compounds, and other specialty polymers.
The new applications center is located at the site of Tonen Kagaku K.K., an
affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical. Consisting of several testing laboratories
and processing equipment, the center provides specialized assistance to
customers in all aspects of applications development, including material
selection, mold design, processing, and testing, to innovate and deliver new
products to the marketplace.
"The new applications center demonstrates ExxonMobil Chemical's ongoing
commitment to worldwide technical and application support and particularly to
its Japanese customers and OEMs. Japan is at the cutting-edge of automotive
component and consumer electronics design and development. New product
development and application support is critical to our customers' success,"
said Jim Harris. "The new applications center will play an important role in
helping to produce cost-effective, aesthetic and functional designs, building
on expertise in specialty elastomer products which have been developed for
Japanese OEMs. Fully leveraging ExxonMobil's broad range of polymer and
compounding technology, this center will support customers by rapidly
deploying new applications to the marketplace."
ExxonMobil Chemical is a leader in the development and use of proprietary,
leading-edge technologies for the production of olefins, aromatics, and
polymers. The company's global network of technology centers is located in
nine countries. While the new applications center focuses on supporting
customers and OEMs in Japan, it also plays an important role both in Asia and
the rest of the world.
With marketing and operations in more than 150 countries around the world,
ExxonMobil Chemical Company and its affiliates are global leaders in
technology, product quality and customer service. ExxonMobil Chemical Company
is a division of Exxon Mobil Corporation. Additional Information about
ExxonMobil Chemical can be found at:
www.exxonmobilchemical.com.
Note to Editors:
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trademarks or registered trademarks of Exxon Mobil Corporation or its
affiliates. The term "ExxonMobil Chemical" refers collectively to some or all
of the companies affiliated with Exxon Mobil Corporation which have chemical
manufacturing and/or marketing operations around the world.
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