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margin: 0px 0px 0.625rem; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EThe brand-new, state-of-the-art facility will benefit customers well beyond the approximately 3.3 billion pounds of polyethylene it will produce every year. Here are four ways that our new plant will also help build people-first relationships that we call \u003Ca href=\"https://us.polymers.shell.com/insights_ebook_realationships?_gl=1*47b5rq*_gcl_au*MTY1Nzk3NDcwMy4xNzI3MTgzNjY3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E(Real)ationships\u003C/a\u003E with the polyethylene market and our home community.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2 style=\"font-family: type-font, Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 1.25rem 0px 0.625rem; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 1.625rem; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003E1. A Polyethylene Plant Located For Your Convenience\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003E(Real)ationships start with being there for you, so we put down our roots nearby. Located northwest of Pittsburgh on the Ohio River, our \u003Ca href=\"https://www.shell.us/business/sectors/shell-polymers/polyethylene-plant.html\" target=\"_self\"\u003Epolyethylene plant\u003C/a\u003E in Monaca, Pennsylvania is within 700 miles of 70%of the current North American market, so resin is right where manufacturers need it.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EThe new site is creating shorter supply chains, meaning customers who work with Shell Polymers will also have access to a more varied, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.shell.us/business/sectors/shell-polymers/resources-and-insights/characteristics-of-reliable-innovative-polymer-supplier.html\" target=\"_self\"\u003Ereliable polymer supply\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EIn addition to helping converters get the resin they need, this project created thousands of construction jobs and 600 permanent positions. Plus, an IHS Markit study found that the facility would inject billions into the economy over its lifetime.\u003Csup\u003E1\u003C/sup\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2 style=\"font-family: type-font, Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 1.25rem 0px 0.625rem; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 1.625rem; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003E2. ‘Goal Zero’ Keeps People Safely Working for You\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EIt’s easier for our workers to build (Real)ationships with you if they feel safe and secure. So at Shell, we adhere to a Goal Zero Ambition and our goal is to achieve zero safety incidents. We believe that all employees have the right to a safe workplace, environment, and community. That’s why we designed our plant with the comfort and safety of our employees and community in mind.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EThroughout each stage of construction, experts assessed possible safety concerns to eliminate or reduce potential risks where possible and built in measures to limit impacts. For example, during the design phase for the Ethylene Cracker Unit, 3D models were built with equipment accessibility in mind. Transmitters, sample points, manways, and all other pieces of operating equipment were assessed for appropriate access.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EThis attention to detail has been applied to every part of the polyethylene plant because the safety of our team and community is always a critical requirement when designing and modifying key pieces of the facility, so our workers can safely focus on helping you achieve your business goals.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https://www.shell.us/business/sectors/shell-polymers/resources-and-insights/best-practices-of-top-tier-industrial-polymers-suppliers.html\" target=\"_self\"\u003EBest Practices for Top-Tier Industrial Polymers Suppliers\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2 style=\"font-family: type-font, Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 1.25rem 0px 0.625rem; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 1.625rem; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003E3. Accelerated Logistics to Keep Your Supply Moving\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003ETrust is central to a (Real)ationship. To that end, our advanced automation processes feature smart, built-in rail and truck shipment monitoring to minimize transportation delays while maximizing output and efficiency.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EThis automated inventory tracking will enable rapid logistic decisions, provide proactive notifications to minimize delays and deliver greater \u003Ca href=\"https://www.shell.us/business/sectors/shell-polymers/supply-chain-transparency.html\" target=\"_self\"\u003Esupply chain transparency\u003C/a\u003E to help you optimize your operations.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EIn addition to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.shell.us/business/sectors/shell-polymers/resources-and-insights/how-shell-polymers-challenges-the-status-quo-with-logistics-tech.html\" target=\"_self\"\u003Elogistics technology\u003C/a\u003E, our strategic location in Pennsylvania creates an inherently shorter supply chain that enables us to offer truck delivery to our customers. Our large-capacity truck silos will ensure product flexibility and accelerated road deliveries.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EThe facility’s proximity to supply and customer markets will further reduce economic costs, giving our regional customers more versatility, a seamless supply chain, and better dependability. Simply put, we’re building (Real)ationships you can count on.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https://us.polymers.shell.com/overcome-supply-chain-disruptions-impacting-converter-profits?mcchannel=shell&_gl=1*ijafm9*_gcl_au*MTY1Nzk3NDcwMy4xNzI3MTgzNjY3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGet the eBook to See the New Standard for Supply Chain Reliability\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 700;\"\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2 style=\"font-family: type-font, Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 1.25rem 0px 0.625rem; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 1.625rem; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003E4. Leaving Our World Better Than We Found It\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n\u003Cp style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.625rem 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial, Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003EWe want to build (Real)ationships not just with customers, but with our home community as well. 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