East West Copolymer

company

About

A Baton Rouge, La.-based supplier of synthetic rubber to the industrial and tire markets

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Details

Last Funding Type
Series Unknown
Industries
Industrial,Logistics
Founded date
Jan 1, 1940
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Active

East West Copolymer's (formerly Lion Copolymer) SBR/NBR site has been a landmark of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, since the 1940s. The facility was designed and built by the U.S. Government during World War II, and since then has played a major role in the development and advancement in synthetic rubber technology.

Operations of the SBR facility began in 1943 with a hot emulsion polymerization process. Soon after, in 1948, the facility retooled its operations and developed the first cold polymerization plant in North America. This allowed for better process control and end physical properties of most grades of SBR rubber. With almost two decades passing, the Baton Rouge facility then designed and modified part of its facility to produce NBR grades of rubber, completing this effort in 1965.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
East West Copolymer has raised a total of — in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 1, 2014 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Oct 1, 2014 Series Unknown 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
East West Copolymer is funded by 1 investors. Main Street Capital are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Main Street Capital Series Unknown