Georgia Gulf produces chemicals and polymers that are included in an array of end-use markets including: housing, construction, paper products, medical and surgical supplies, agricultural and automotive products, paints and varnishes, pharmaceuticals, and computer casings. Look beyond these chemicals and you'll see what makes us unique: vertical integration, world-scale capacities, efficient pipeline economics, reliable transportation systems and superior customer service. If you wish to contact us regarding any of our products, please check the Locations page for the addresses and phone/fax numbers of our sales offices, or the Product Contacts page for specific product and sales managers. MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for any of our products may be obtained online by registered users of Georgia Gulf online. Click here to login or begin the registration process. Production and Raw Materials Our operations are vertically integrated as a result of our production of some of our key raw materials and intermediates used in the manufacture of our products. Our operational integration enhances our control over production costs and capacity utilization rates, as compared with our non-integrated competitors. It also provides us the flexibility to shift our product sales mix toward those products that are enjoying relatively more favorable market conditions. In our chlorovinyls product line, we produce chlorine and its co-product caustic soda by electrolysis of salt brine. We produce VCM by reacting purchased ethylene with chlorine produced internally or purchased from third parties; our internal production of VCM exceeds our internal demand requirements. We produce vinyl resins by polymerization of our internally supplied VCM in a batch reactor process. We formulate our vinyl compounds by blending our vinyl resins with various additives such as plasticizers, impact modifiers, stabilizers and pigments, most of which are purchased. We also have the capacity to produce ethylene dichloride, an intermediate in the manufacture of VCM, for external sales. In our aromatics product line, we produce cumene utilizing benzene and refinery grade propylene purchased from third parties, which we react using low cost zeolite catalyst technology. We produce phenol by reacting internally produced cumene under high temperatures and pressure. We produce acetone as a co-product in our production of phenol. The important raw materials we purchase from third parties include chlorine, natural gas, ethylene, benzene and propylene. Facilities Plaquemine, Louisiana Facility Our operations at this facility include the production of chlorine, caustic soda, VCM, vinyl resins, phenol and acetone. We produce chlorine and its co-product caustic soda at our chlor-alkali facility by electrolysis of salt brine. We have a long-term lease on a nearby salt dome with reserves in excess of twenty years, from which we supply our salt brine requirements. We use substantially all of our chlorine production in the manufacture of VCM at this facility and we sell substantially all of our caustic soda production externally. All of the ethylene requirements for our VCM production are supplied by pipeline. About 80% of our Plaquemine VCM production is consumed on-site in our vinyl resins production, and the remainder is shipped to our other vinyl resins facilities and sold to third parties. Our cumene requirements for the production of phenol and its co-product acetone are shipped from our Pasadena, Texas facility by dedicated barges. Our 250-megawatt co-generation facility supplies all of the electricity and steam needs at our Plaqumeine facilities, and it also provides us with the capability to generate excess electricity for sale to the local utility. We also own an on-site air separation unit, operated by a third party, that provides all of the facility's nitrogen and oxygen gas requirements. Lake Charles, Louisiana Facilities We produce VCM at our Lake Charles, Louisiana facility. Also, through our joint venture with PPG Industries, we have the right to 50% of the VCM production of PHH Monomers, which is located in close proximity to our Lake Charles VCM facility. The chlorine needs of our Lake Charles VCM facility and the PHH Monomers' facility are supplied by pipeline, under a long-term contract with PPG Industries, who is also our partner in PHH Monomers. Ethylene is supplied to both facilities by pipeline from the adjacent CONDEA Vista ethylene facility and by pipeline from other third parties. The majority of our ethylene requirements for our Lake Charles VCM facility are supplied under a seven-year, take-or-pay contract, and PHH Monomers is supplied under a requirements-based contract. All chlorine and ethylene contracts are primarily market price-based. VCM from these facilities supplies our Aberdeen, Mississippi and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma vinyl facilities. A portion of VCM products at the Lake Charles facilities is sold in domestic and exports markets. Pasadena, Texas Facility At our Pasadena, Texas facility we produce cumene, phenol, acetone and alpha-methylstyrene, a saleable by-product of our phenol production. We produce cumene utilizing purchased benzene and propylene that we react using low-cost zeolite catalyst technology. The cumene facility is integrated by pipeline with the phenol and acetone facilities located here. We consume a portion of our cumene production at this facility in phenol and acetone production. The remainder is shipped to the Plaquemine phenol and acetone facility, and also is sold to third parties. We purchase refinery-grade propylene and benzene at market prices from various suppliers connected by multiple transportation modes to our cumene facility. Our benzene is supplied under two contracts at market prices, and our propylene is provided from numerous refineries at market prices. Aberdeen, Mississippi and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Facilities We produce vinyl resins at both our Aberdeen, Mississippi and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma facilities from VCM supplied by railcar from our VCM facilities and PHH Monomers. Vinyl Compound Facilities We operate four compound facilities (Aberdeen, Mississippi; Gallman, Mississippi; and Madison, Mississippi - two plants) located in proximity of our vinyl resins operations. All of our vinyl compound facilities are supplied from our vinyl resins facilities by railcar, pipeline and truck. These operations consumed about 20% of our annual vinyl resins production during 2005. We purchase our additive needs from various sources at market prices. ©2012 Georgia Gulf Corporation. Please review our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Server certificate information provided by Verisign.