West : A Global Chemical and Polymer Hub

Chemical and polymer The Development Office works hard to make the process of locating in companies have thrived in West Virginia smooth and seamless. Our West Virginia for generations. team works with businesses to locate a new site, expand facilities, export goods, train Utica While many advantages that attracted employees and more. Shale multinational companies are still present, Site selection support structural shifts have made West Virginia • Tax credits even more competitive as a global • • Low interest loans Marcellus chemical and polymer hub. Shale • Employee recruitment and training Rogersville Strong transportation infrastructure Active chemical industrial parks throughout • Shale the state offer access to shared services and colocation at sites with significant infrastructure and existing permits. In 2017, West Virginia was the seventh-largest natural gas-producing state in the , with an output of 1.6 trillion cubic feet. West Virginia is located within the Basin, which produces West Virginia has a long history with the essential feedstock for the chemical and chemical industry. polymer industries. Combined with the • Abundant water supply and gas reserves concentration of existing chemical plants, • Skilled workforce West Virginia provides your company with • Strong higher education and community access to reliable supplies from a variety and technical college system of sources. • Partners such as Chemical Alliance Zone and Polymer Alliance Zone collaborate to advance the chemical industry in West Virginia

1900 Boulevard East • Building 3, Suite 600 • Charleston, West Virginia 25305 • (800) 982-3386 • (304) 558-2234 WestVirginia.gov West Virginia: A Global Chemical and Polymer Hub

NEWELL CHESTER

NEW CUMBERLAND

WELLSBURG

TRIADELPHIA

(KCC) NEW MARTINSVILLE

MORGANTOWN FRIENDLY MARTINSBURG ALBRIGHT KEYSER INWOOD ISLAND CLARKSBURG

PHILIPPI MINERAL WELLS JANE LEW

PETERSBURG

POINT PLEASANT RAVENSWOOD

GALLIPOLIS FERRY MILLWOOD

APPLE GROVE

SCOTT DEPOT HUNTINGTON NITRO INSTITUTE CEREDO MILTON SOUTH CHARLESTON

BELLE PRICHARD

Co-Ex Plastic Tooling, (Mitsubishi Chemical)

BEAVER

AC&S INCORPORATED

Catalyst Refiners, Inc.

(Dalian HYX TDE, Ltd.)

1900 Kanawha Boulevard East • Building 3, Suite 600 • Charleston, West Virginia 25305 • (800) 982-3386 • (304) 558-2234 WestVirginia.gov