{"id":1308395,"date":"2024-03-25T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T17:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1308395"},"modified":"2024-03-25T14:17:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T19:17:20","slug":"eastman-plans-1-3-billion-expansion-facility-in-longview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1308395","title":{"rendered":"Eastman plans $1.3 billion expansion facility in Longview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/03\/eastman-chemical-company-longview-225x127.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"127\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1308397\" \/>LONGVIEW \u00e2\u20ac\u201c It was announced on Monday that Eastman Chemical Company plans to invest $1.3 billion in expanding their Longview facility. According to the City of Longview, they have been named as the location for Eastman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second U.S. molecular recycling facility, which is expected to add more than 200 full-time jobs. City of Longview Mayor Andy Mack said the additional positions will have an average annual salary of $92,000. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are excited to announce this next step in our commitment to our circular strategy with the decision to locate our second U.S. molecular recycling facility at our existing site in Texas,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Eastman Board Chair and CEO Mark Costa said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have decades of history successfully operating in Longview, and this will be a great investment for the local community.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The Longview site was selected due to synergies with existing infrastructure, operations and the location also has enough space for on-site renewable energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u00e2\u20ac\u201c It was announced on Monday that Eastman Chemical Company plans to invest $1.3 billion in expanding their Longview facility. According to the City of Longview, they have been named as the location for Eastman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second U.S. molecular recycling facility, which is expected to add more than 200 full-time jobs. City of Longview Mayor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1308395\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eastman plans $1.3 billion expansion facility in Longview<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1308403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/03\/eastman-chemical-company-longview-225x127.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Eastman pla$1.3 billion in Longview expansion facility","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1308395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 07:06:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/03\/eastman-chemical-company-longview-225x127.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Eastman pla$1.3 billion in Longview expansion facility","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1308395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1308405,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308395\/revisions\/1308405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1308403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1308395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1308395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1308395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}