1985-08-28 Special Called Meeting

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• • Industrial Development There are approximately 5500 acres of industrial development along the fifty-mile Houston Ship Channel within La Porte's "Battleground Industrial District." These re- fineries and other industries contribute largely to the Port of Houston's position as the third largest port in the United States. The majority of the employers in the Industrial Districts are chemical and petrochemi- cal related industries. These companies collectively have in excess of 4,000 employees with an 'annual payroll of approximately $120 million. Following are several of the major employers in the Industrial Districts. No. of Approximate Employer Employees Annual Payroll E.I. du Pont de Nemours 1,100 $48,000,000 U.S. Industrial (National Distillers and National Petrochemical) 750 20,000,000 Dow Chemical, USA 420 15,800,000 Fina Oil S Chemicals (Casden Chemical Division) 170 5,000,000 Lubrizol 150 24,300,000 Greif Brothers 125 2,250,000 B.F. Goodrich (La Porte Chemicals) 150 4,750,000 Air Products 135 5,062,500 USS Chemicals 99 3,300,000 PPG Industries 114 3,600,000 Akzo Chemie America 95 2,850,000 Petrolite Corp. 86 2,400,000 Texas Alkyls 88 2,000,000 Rohm & Haas, Inc. 80 2,175,000 Goodyear Tire b Rubber 66 1,900,000 Ohmstede Machine Works 75 2,160,000 Following are aerials of some of the industries located in the "Battleground Indus- trial District", north of the City of La Porte, and the "Baypo rt Industrial District" in the south. E. I. du PONT de NEMOURS 6 COMPANY's Houston plant manufactures agricultural and in- dustrial chemicals, i.e., fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides, primarily intended for commercial scale application. The E. I, du Pont Houston Plant employs 1,066 people at an annual payroll of approximately $48 million. E. I. du Pont de Nemours 6 Company In Battleground Industrial District 3a