2. Announcements

Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas has awarded the prestigious “National Merit Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. Scholarship” to senior, Kary Y. Xu.  Xu will graduate from Calhoun High School on May 27, 2022 and will be attending The University of Texas at Austin and majoring in Business.

For more than 20 years, Formosa Plastics has partnered with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation to identify high school seniors that meet the most rigorous of academic standards, and whose parents work for Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. We congratulate and applaud this year’s recipient, Kary Y. Xu for her outstanding academic achievements and for being Formosa’s 2022 National Merit® scholar!

You expect more.  And Formosa delivers. ®

Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. is a vertically integrated producer of plastic resins and chemicals.  Its polyethylene and polypropylene resins are marketed under the Formolene® trade name; its polyvinyl chloride resins are marketed under the Formolon® trade name.  The company is headquartered in Livingston, NJ, has over 3,000 employees and is certified to the ISO 9001 quality management system and the ISO 14001 environmental management system.  See www.fpcusa.com for additional information.

Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas has awarded the prestigious $10,000 “National Merit Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. Scholarship” certificate to senior, Jessica Zhang. Jessica will graduate from Calhoun High School on May 28, 2021 and will be attending Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and majoring in Computer Science.

PICTURE CAPTION: POINT COMFORT, TX (May 11, 2021) – Jack Wu, FPC TX Vice President (far right) and Rick Crabtree, FPC TX General Manager (far left), Jessica Zhang (center), daughter of Mr. Lei Zhang (Business Technology Division) and Mrs. Rongti Li (Business Technology Division) .

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PICTURE CAPTION: POINT COMFORT, TX (May 11, 2021) – Scholarship recipient Jessica Zhang with her parents, Lei Zhang and Rongti Li.

The Formosa United Way Charity Golf Tournament held October 1-2, 2021 is one of the largest contributors for our community.  Despite the rainy start and stormy forecast that kicked off this year's tourament, 127 teams came out to support and participate in the tournament.  This singular event has largely contributed to the campaign goals in years past for Calhoun & Victoria Counties; $300,000 in 2019 and 2020 each. On average, this means the Formosa Charity Golf Tournament has the ability to assist over 7,000 people, each year in Calhoun County plus assisting about 10,000 in the Victoria Crossroads Area through programs and services that fight for the health, education, and financial stability of everyone in these communities.

Appearing in the tournament picture above, standing right to left, is Mike Elgin as the Event Coordinator and board member of the United Way of the Crossroads (UWCR); Brooke Garcia, the Executive Director for the UWCR; Wendy Cabrera, the Executive Director for the United Way of Calhoun County (UWCC); Jill Blucher, the Community Engagement Coordinator for UWCR; Alex Espinosa, a Formosa employee in the Mechanical Integrity Department; Marina Crabtree, a board member of the UWCC; and Lisa Ledwik, also a board member of the UWCC.  Mike, Alex, Marina and Lisa are directly affiliated with Formosa Plastics. Standby for future news on the total funds collected as a result of the 2021 tournament. See the list of event supporters at: https://birdease.com/FPCGolf .

The Texas Chemical Council’s Distinguished Safety Award is presented to those member companies in each category that have met minimum participation requirements and have demonstrated improvement in their injury and illness incident rate for 2020 when compared to the previous three years.  Division representatives who received the award on behalf of Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas were Shane Burgin – EHS, Aaron Jeson – Olefins, I. S. Hwang – Polyolefins, Rick Crabtree – General Manager, Mark Tibiletti – Chlor-Alkali, C. P. Liu – Vinyl, and Chuntau Den – Maintenance.   “As a site, we are proud of this award and extend congratulations to all FPC TX employees for their focused approach to working safely each and every day; and especially for watching out for the safety of others as their Brother's Keeper." – Rick Crabtree, VP/General Manager FPC TX.

During the United Way of the Crossroads Annual Campaign Wrap Reception held June 24, 2021, Formosa Plastics received the "Spirit of Texas Award" which recognizes companies and their employees who demonstrate high community commitment through volunteerism, participation and corporate support.  The Formosa United Way Golf Tournament raised $300,000 for the United Way of the Crossroads and United Way of Calhoun County for the last two years.  Each of the two United Way organizations received $150,000 each year.  Standing from left to right are Jack Wu FPC TX Vice President, Mike Elgin and Lisa Ledwik of Formosa Plastics and Golf Tournament Coordinators, and Rick Crabtree FPC TX General Manager.

"We’re part of the solution" is this year's slogan for International Day for Biological Diversity.

The Formosa Agricultural and Environmental Research Center (AERC) engages in many diverse projects to help our environment, utilizing beneficial soil microbes, plants, insects, and trees. Prominent projects focus on monarch butterflies and milkweed plants.  Last year, the AERC produced 3,200 milkweed plants as a food source for developing monarch butterflies.  Milkweed plants are provided to the Unites States Fish & Wildlife Service for butterfly habitat restoration programs in South Texas. The AERC also operates a nursery that nurtures butterflies through all stages of development.  Monarch butterflies provide an essential service in our ecosystem as pollinators as they migrate across North America.

Using a wide variety of strategies helps improve the success of all our projects. Greater species diversity provides ecological sustainability that benefits all life.  This is the essence of biodiversity: every species has a role to play.  We’re part of the solution.

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PHOTO OF MILKWEED PLANTS (ABOVE) AND PHOTO OF MONARCH CATERPILLAR EATING MILKWEED PLANT (BELOW)

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Formosa Religious Trust Fund 2019 Grants totaling $42,000 were distributed to 35 separate religious based organizations December 11, 2019 during a luncheon held at the Formosa Guest House in Point Comfort.  Pictured are recipients of the grants. The Trust Fund has been in place for 23 years and provides grants to religious organizations in the three county areas of Calhoun, Jackson and Victoria counties. The Formosa Plastics Religious Trust was established in 1995 by Formosa’s Founder/Chairman Y. C. Wang with a $1,000,000 gift. Chairman Wang directed that income from the trust be used to promote religion and religious activities in Calhoun, Jackson and Victoria Counties. Since its inception, and including the recent awards, the Trust has distributed a total of $1,140,431 to support religious projects in the three county areas.

If anyone is interested in applying for a grant from the Formosa Religious Trust Fund, information can be obtained from Steve Marwitz at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (361) 987-7701. Applications for grants from the Formosa Plastics Religious Fund Trust should be submitted in care of the Trustee to the First National Bank, P. O. Drawer 7, Port Lavaca, Texas 77979-0007.

The 1st Bi-Annual High School Welding Cup was held at the Formosa Training and Development Center Welding School Wednesday, December 11, 2019.  Thirty-two area high school students were challenged to compete with other high schools from Beeville, Calhoun, Goliad, Hallettsville and Victoria.  Overhead Plate and Vertical Plate welding criteria were the focus of the event.  Following the competition the 2nd Annual Welding Expo was held to show the students the latest techniques and equipment available for welders.

Pictured left to right are: Overhead Plate 3rd place winner Nicholas Longoria - Calhoun High School, 2nd place Donovan Salazar - Victoria ISD Career and Technology Institute, 1st place Aubrey Lopez - AC Jones High School, Beeville, Mike Tolar and Dakota Stockman - Competition Coordinators, Vertical Plate 1st place winner Martello Villarreal - AC Jones High School, Beeville, 2nd place Dylan Mutchler - AC Jones High School, Beeville, and 3rd place Garret Luke - AC Jones High School, Beeville.

The Welding Cup competition will be held again in April 2020 at the Formosa Training and Development Center. .

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CONTESTANTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE WELDING CUP!

On Monday August 5, 2019 Calhoun County dedicated six new fire trucks that were purchased as a result of a $1.5 Million donation by Formosa under a tax abatement.  The fire trucks were recently deliver to the volunteer fire departments of the rural communities of Olivia-Port Alto, Six Mile, Point Comfort, Magnolia Beach, Port O'Connor and Seadrift.  All trucks delivered are in service.

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