ATOFINA Chemicals' Houston Plant Makes Donation to Fire Department.Business Editors PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2001 ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc.'s Houston plant has donated a MC310 aluminum tank trailer tank trailer n. A truck trailer equipped as a tanker, used to carry liquids such as oil, milk, or chemicals. to Highway 321 Volunteer Fire Department located in Dayton, Texas Dayton is a city in Liberty County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,709 at the 2000 census. Geography Dayton is located at (30.056383, -94.895500)GR1. . The trailer has a 2,000-gallon capacity and will be used by the Fire Department to transport water when fighting fires in rural areas that have no water service. "The trailer was not needed any longer for our business," said Wendal Turley, plant manager at the Houston facility. "We decided that the fire department could put this vehicle to good use." The presentation will be made to Assistant Fire Chief Leslie T. Edwards. ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc. (formerly Elf elf, in Germanic mythology, a type of fairy. Usually represented as tiny people, elves are said to dwell in forests, in the sea, and in the air. Although they can be friendly to man, they are more frequently vengeful and mischievous. Atochem North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ) produces high-performance chemicals and polymers. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ATOFINA Chemicals employs 4,000 people and reported sales in 2000 of $2 billion. ATOFINA Chemicals is part of ATOFINA, the world's 5th largest chemical company, with 2000 sales of $19 billion. ATOFINA is the chemical branch of TotalFinaElf, the world's 5th largest oil and gas company, with 2000 sales of $107 billion (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TOT). www.AtofinaChemicals.com |
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