Nalco, Jindal outline expansion of polymer facility in Garyville

Nalco Company, an Illinois-based global supplier of water treatment and process improvement services, today detailed plans on a dry polymer production facility under construction at its Garyville plant in St. John the Baptist Parish. Gov. Bobby Jindal joined company officials to discuss the economic impact of the expansion, on which Nalco plans to invest $18.7 million. The new 300,000-square-foot facility will produce dry polymers, which are used to remove contaminants from wastewater, increase production efficiency in the paper industry, and recover minerals in the mining industry. Construction began in October, and the dry polymer production plant is set for completion at the end of this year. Nalco says the new plant will create 22 new jobs, retain 235 existing jobs and lead to the creation of 167 new indirect jobs. The 22 jobs directly created will pay an average annual salary of $63,700, plus benefits. Nalco will benefit from the state’s Industrial Tax Exemption and Quality Jobs incentive programs, the latter of which provides rebates on sales or investment taxes for companies that create well-paying jobs. More details on the plant expansion are available at Jindal’s website here.