When Representative Dave Joyce visited Lubrizol during #ACCaugust, he got a firsthand look at the expansion underway for the facility in Painesville, Ohio.
The Lubrizol plant, which has more than 300 employees, produces and supplies technologies to customers in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These technologies include lubricant additives for engine oils, driveline and other transportation-related fluids, industrial lubricants, as well as additives for gasoline and diesel fuel.
During conversations with Lubrizol employees Rep. Joyce discussed energy, transportation including rail reform, and labor and workplace development.
The expansion investment is estimated at $100 million, and includes the addition of new manufacturing capacity, updated automated packaging capabilities, increasing of warehouse space, and improvement of staging and loading of truck shipments. The expansion will include state-of- the-art bulk transfer technology which is important to ensure product integrity, and is expected to reduce in-plant traffic and congestion. Additionally, it will improve the safety and efficiency of handling product drums and totes.
Rep. Joyce is no rookie when it comes to #ACCaugust. In 2016, he toured a Rheine Chemie Additives facility in Chardon. Ohio is the 6th largest chemistry-producing state in the US.
