ART BUILD- ING PROD- UCTS FOOD ISSUES DIR- ECTORY HOME MUSIC TECH TRAIL- ERS VIDEOS RES- OURCES Koch Brothers Products -- Were Surrounded. If you have been following news about the Koch brothers, you might be curious as to which products they manufacture. Lots! List of koch brothers product Georgia-Pacific also distributes paper towels, napkins and soap dispensing systems used in commerical settings. Some GP commercial toilet paper brands: Envision, Coronet®, SCA, Tork and Fort James. GP produces Pacific Garden liquid soaps.. Georgia-Pacific produces ink and office paper under the labels: Advantage, GP (including GP Harmon recycled papers), ImagePlus and the Spectrum® family of office paper products. Wood Products: Georgia-Pacific is the largest manufacturer of plywood in the U.S.. Including Plytanium Plywood®, DryPly® plywood, Ply-Bead®. Georgia-Pacific is one of the countrys largest suppliers of corrugated boxes and containers. Various, numerous wood products, dimensional lumber and building materials: Blue Ribbon, Clutter Cutter, DensArmor Plus, DensDeck, DensGlass, DensShield® gypsum board, DryPly, Fireguard®, Grant Forest OSB Board, GP Lam, Hushboard, Nautilus, Ply-Bead, Plytanium, Southern Gold, Sta-Strait, Thermostat, ToughRock and Wood I Beam. Textiles and Plastics via Invista Products: StainmasterDacronPolarguard Antron Comforel fiberfillDBE® dibasic esters Tactel Tactesse Carpet FibersADI-Pure®Polyshield®Polyclear®Performa® Cordura fabric Supplex® Fabric Somerelle® Bedding Invista produces a large selection of products under this business, including polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymers for carbonated soft drink, water, beer, juice, food and custom container applications. Production also includes polyester intermediate feedstocks, film products, fibers, and specialty polymers for a variety of applications, inlcuding PBT-based engineering polymer. Chemicals, Coal & Oil: Through its subsidiaries Koch operates refineries in Alaska, Minnesota and Texas, with a combined crude oil processing capacity of more than 800,000 barrels per day. Koch Industries owns or operates about 4,000 miles of pipelines that transport crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas liquids and chemicals. Koch Minerals and its affiliates are among the world’s largest dry-bulk commodity handlers, marketing and trading more than 40 million tons of coal, coke, cement and other related products annually. Flint Hills Resources produces about 9 billion pounds of building-block chemicals per year. Koch is a leading producer of paving and roofing asphalt. kochind Koch Industries Produces: * Gasoline * Diesel * Jet fuel * Naphtha * Asphalt * Benzene * Toluene * Metaxylene * Paraxylene * Orthoxylene * Cumene * Cycohexane * Heavy reformate * Pseudocumene * Sure Sol ® 100 * Sure Sol ® 150 * Purified Isophthalic Acid * Maleic Anhydride * Trimellitic Anhydride * Ethylene * Chemical Grade Propylene * Polypropylene * Polyethylene Koch Carbon, Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. and its affiliates own or operate about 4,000 miles of pipelines that transport crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas liquids and chemicals. Koch Alaska Pipeline Company, LLC owns an approximate 3 percent interest in the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. Another Koch company has a 28 percent interest in Colonial Pipeline Company, owner and operator of the world’s largest-volume refined products pipeline. Fertilizer: Koch Fertilizer, LLC and its affiliates; have the capability to manufacture, market and distribute more than 10 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer products annually. They distribute to dealers, so their product has many a label. Fertilizer today is an intensely industrial business more akin to oil refining or chemical production.* kochind Equipment: Koch-Glitsch, LP and its affiliates are global leaders in the design, manufacture and installation of mass transfer and mist elimination equipment. The company’s products are found in refineries and chemical plants worldwide. Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. develops and manufactures membrane separation systems for a variety of applications worldwide, including membranes for microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis. John Zink Company, LLC and its affiliates are global leaders in ultra-low emission process burners, boiler burners, duct burners, flares and thermal oxidizers. The companies are also global suppliers of flare gas/vapor recovery and vapor combustor systems. Molex, electronic connectors, sensors and other electronic gear. Cattle: Koch Agriculture Company, operates three ranches with a total of 15,000 head of cattle in Kansas, Montana, and Texas. Matador Ranch in Texas offers a number of hunting packages that include first-class accommodations. Everything is provided to ensure an enjoyable experience. kochind Services: Koch Supply & Trading companies around the world trade and provide risk management services in crude oil; refined petroleum products; natural gas and gas liquids; gas, power and emissions; industrial metals; and other commodities and financial instruments. Optimized Process Designs, Inc. provides consulting, engineering, design, procurement, fabrication and construction services for the natural gas and gas processing industries worldwide. OPD has been the general contractor on some of the largest natural gas plants built in the U.S. Koch Knight LLC and its affiliates are leaders in acid proof solutions. The companies offer construction, engineering and services through a global network of manufacturing and outsourcing facilities. Their products, made from state-of-the-art ceramics and plastic materials, are available worldwide. IPT provides the resources and know how to deliver world-scale technology for licensing to a growing portfolio of technologies in the polyester, polyurethane and nylon value chains. European brands: Colhogar®Delica®DemakUp®Tenderly® Source = kochind Logos property of Koch Industries worldofkoch Georgia-Pacific Products One more time: Angel Soft®Brawny® Coronet®Dixie®Mardi Gras® MD Bathroom TissueQuilted Northern®Sparkle® Vanity Fair® Pollution: University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute, shows Koch Industries as the nation’s 14th largest polluter/emitter. But with their 2013 purchase of Molex, Inc they will slide closer to the top. See detailed emissions breakdowns -peri.umass.edu/toxic_index Koch Industries spent a total of $37.9 million on oil and gas lobbying during 2006 to 2009. sourcewatch.org According to the International Forum on Globalization, Charles and David Koch are America’s single largest source of private money for attacks against environmental protections. They have spent over $643 million to block or rollback legal protections for clean air, clean energy, clean water, and other environmental issues through sketchy scientific research, lobbying lawmakers, contributing to electoral candidates’ campaigns, media manipulation, etc. kochcash.files.wordpress Petroleum coke (a byproduct of tar sands refining) has been irritating numerous residents in both Chicago and Detroit. Koch Carbon is storing enormous quantities of petroleum coke on the banks of Chicago’s Calumet River and Michigans Detroit River. The ever growing piles await processing, but refineries cannot keep up with the quantity. thinkprogress.org A routine aerial inspection found Koch Pipeline Co. spilled 400 gallons of crude oil in Texas in late October, 2013. A Sampling of Environmental Charges Against Koch: September 2000, a federal grand jury in Corpus Christi, Texas returned a 97-count indictment against Koch Industries Inc., Koch Petroleum Group for violating federal clean air and hazardous waste laws, due to the release of at least 91 metric tons of uncontrolled, untreated carcinogenic benzene. In April 2001, the company reached a $20 million settlement in exchange for admitting to covering up environmental violations at its refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. justice.gov March 2000, Koch petroleum which operates a refinery in Rosemount, Minn., was sentenced to pay a $6 million criminal fine and pay an additional $2 million in remediation costs. This is the largest federal environmental fine ever paid in Minnesota. Koch admitted that it negligently discharged 200,000 - 600,000 gallons of aviation fuel into a wetland and an adjoining waterway. In addition, their way of recovering the fuel (a year and a half later) destroyed a portion of the surrounding ecosystem and wildlife habitat. In a separate offense, Koch dumped a million gallons of wastewater with high ammonia content on the ground between November 1996 and March 1997 and also increased its flow of wastewater into the Mississippi River on weekends when no one monitored discharges. These actions allowed Koch to circumvent the weekly monitoring and reporting requirements of its wastewater discharge permit. The case was investigated by EPAs Criminal Investigation Division, the FBI and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and was prosecuted by the U. S. Attorneys Office for the District of Minnesota. ehso Kochs Sterling butane pipeline had a leak in Lively, Texas, on August 24, 1996. Two teenagers on the way to report the leak drove into the unseen butane cloud, and were killed when the gas exploded and burned. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that severe external pipeline corrosion was the cause of the failure.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Industries In 1999, a federal jury found that Koch Industries had stolen oil from government and American Indian lands and had lied about its purchases more than 24,000 times. In May 2001, Koch Industries paid $25 million to the federal government to settle the federal lawsuit that found the company had improperly taken more oil than it had paid for from federal and Indian land. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Industries In January 2000, Koch Pipeline, agreed to a $35 million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and the State of Texas as fines for the firms three hundred oil spills (300 million gallons) in Texas and five other states going back to 1990. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Industries In 2006, Flint Hill Resources was fined nearly $16,000 by the EPA for 10 separate violations of the Clean Air Act at its Alaska oil refinery facilities, and required to spend another $60,000 on safety equipment needed to help prevent future violations. yosemite.epa.gov Clip from Koch movie Exposed: Koch Industries and Cancer Risk: youtube Climate Change Denial: A March 2010 Greenpeace report shows that Koch Industry foundations have contributed (2005-2008) nearly $25 million to organizations that oppose clean energy and climate policy. That does not include oil and gas lobbying of $37.9 million. For more info on Koch Industries funding of Climate Denial Groups -- See GreenPeaces report Koch Industries Funding the Climate Denial Machine greenpeace.org In the August, 2010 New York Magazine article Covert Operations, oil tycoon David Koch was quoted as saying, global warming will be a good thing for the planet and will help support enormously more people because a far greater land area will be available to produce food. newyorker Revenue: Koch Industries brings in $115 billion in revenue annually. Charles Koch has a net worth of $36 billion. David Koch also has a net worth of $36 billion. Combined 72 Billion. Both increased their wealth by 5 billion in 2012. forbes Charles Koch has called the recent push to raise the minimum wage an obstacle to prosperity. forbes Voting: Since the Citizens United decision, corporations can now attempt to influence their employees votes. The Koch Brothers jumped on that band wagon right away and mailed out lists of Koch supported candidates to their 50,000 employees during the last election. See info and a copy of a recommended election packet at thenation University Affairs They give as long as they can pick the teachers. Billionaires role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions tampabay Not Just Florida State...Utah, West Virginia, etc... insidehighered The Mercatus Center is a conservative Think Tank at George Mason University’s Arlington campus. It is a university-based research center that makes its research findings available to the media and public policy makers. According to GreenPeace the Mercatus Center has received over 10 million dollars worth of funding from the Koch Brothers. Mercatus also fights environmental regulation, opposes clean energy legislation and lobbys to prevent curbs on industrial pollution. greenpeace.org mercatus.org ©
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