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First U.S. production of emulsion polymerization products Styrene-Butadiene Rubber and Nitrile-Butadiene Rubber, at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Provided first commercial scale production of major synthetic rubbers.
U.S. Federal government's Rubber Reserve Board assumed management of the development of synthetic rubber industry. Standard Oil (predecessor of ExxonMobil) Development Company gave Styrene-Butadiene Rubber technology to other major rubber companies.
A vital contribution to war effort, and the beginning of significant growth of synthetic rubber in the U.S.
1943
Start-up of ExxonMobil Chemical's butyl plant at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. First major butyl producing facility in the world.
1944
Start-up of ExxonMobil Chemical's second butyl plant at Baytown, Texas. Supplied a major market in tire innertubes, and reduced the U.S. reliance on natural rubber.
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