Our investment in new facilities, product development, quality control and applications laboratories, combined with a technical service team that's rated among the best in the industry, provide our customers with unequaled products and technical support. We help customers find ways to improve their business by optimizing performance, improving consistency and getting the most out of our products.

We produce five major categories of products for use by our industrial and commercial customers:

• Chlor-Alkali products (including caustic, ethylene dichloride, bleach and hydrochloric acid);
• Formolon^® dispersion (specialty) polyvinyl chloride resins;
• Formolene^® polyethylene resins;
• Formolene^® polypropylene resins; and
• Formolon^® suspension polyvinyl chloride resins and compounds.

We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene^® tradename; we market our vinyl resins under the Formolon^® tradename.

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Food Contact Certifications

+ U.S. - FDA Food Packaging Certification Blanket Letters:

• Formolene^® Polypropylene (PP)
• Formolene^® High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
• Formolene^® Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE)
• Formolon^® Suspension Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
• Formolon^® Disperson Polyvinyl Chloride (SPVC)

+ Canada - HPFB Food Contact "Letters Of No Objection" Notification:

• Formolene^® Polypropylene (PP)
• Formolene^® Polyethylene (HDPE and LLDPE)

+ EU - Food Contact Certifications:

• Formolene^® Polypropylene (PP)
• Formolene^® High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
• Formolene^® Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE)
• Formolon^® Suspension Polyvinyl Chloride (grades made in Baton Rouge, LA)*
• Formolon^® Suspension Polyvinyl Chloride (grades made in Point Comfort, TX)*

            ^* Please see your PVC Sales, Technical or Customer Service Representative.

• Formolon^® Dispersion Polyvinyl Chloride (SPVC)
  

+ Other Food Contact Certifications:

• Caustic Soda Food Contact (PDF)
• Kosher Certificate - FPCUSA (PDF)

Certificates of Origin	USMCA(NAFTA)	USMCA
NaOH	2020(2020)	2021
Chlor-Alkali (HCL, Bleach, EDC)	2020(2020)	2021
PE and PP	2020(2020)	2021
PVC - Louisiana	2020(2020)	2021
PVC - Texas	2020(2020)	2021
SPVC - Texas	2020(2020)	2021

 

REACH - EU Registrations

REACH is a European Union (EU) regulation on chemicals and the safe use of products.  It deals with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals in EU countries and became effective within the EU on June 1, 2007.  Additional details on REACH and its requirements are available on the EU REACH web site.

Formosa Plastics' REACH documents include:

• REACH Product Registration Statement (PDF)
• REACH SVHC Product Declaration Letter - Substances of Very High Concern (PDF)

For additional inquiries or needs, please refer to the contact information provided in each of these documents.

Other Product Declarations and UL / NSF Resources

The following provide other commonly requested product declaration documents:

• Conflict Minerals statement for PE, PP, PVC, SPVC and caustic products
• General Declaration Letter for PP resin products
• General Declaration Letter for PE resin products
• General Declaration Letter for Caustic Soda products
• General Declaration Letter for Dispersion (Specialty) PVC resin products
• General Declaration Letter for Suspension PVC Homopolymer resin products
• Proposition 65 Statement for Caustic Soda Solution
• "TSCA Inventory Reset" Rule Status Letter

The General Declaration Letters include information on many topics, including::

• animal-derived materials (incl. BSE/TSE);
• bisphenol A (BPA);
• California Proposition 65 (Prop 65);
• EU Restriction of Hazardous Sustances (RoHS) Directive 2011/65/EU;
• food allergens;
• genetically modified organisms (GMO);
• glycidyl ethers (BADGE, BFDGE, NOGE);
• heavy metals (CONEG, EU Directive 94/62/EC, California Toxics In Packaging Act);
• latex;
• melamine;
• organotin compounds;
• ozone-depleting substances;
• pentabromodiphenyl ether & octabromodiphenyl ether (EU Directives 2003/11/EC & 76/769/EEC); and
• phthalates (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP, DNOP).

Underwriters Laboratory Certifications

Search/find UL certifications for our products. Search "Company"; type "Formosa"; select "Formosa Plastics Corp USA".

NSF Certifications

Search/find NSF certifications for our products. Locate the "Search Company" box; enter "Formosa". Select Formosa Plastics Corporation America, Texas or U.S.A., depending on the desired system category.

PVC - Resilient Flooring Survey

Routine questions and answers about our solution PVC and dispersion (specialty) PVC products that are used in resilient floor coverings.