Mile 114.5 - RBD - Fortier Manufacturing Complex

John Ruskey

20 Apr 2026

114.5 RBD - Fortier Manufacturing Complex

Cornerstone Chemical Company’s Fortier Manufacturing Complex is located on 800 acres of the former Orange Grove Plantation which was built by Eugene Fortier in 1786. Construction of the Fortier Manufacturing Complex began in 1952 by American Cyanamid for the production of ammonia, acetylene, hydrogen cyanide, acid, acrylonitrile, ammonium sulfate, and oxygen.

Today Cornerstone Chemical Company produces 2,500,000,000 pounds of acrylonitrile, hydrogen cyanide, melamine, oleum, and sulfuric acid at the complex every year.

Evonik Industries has a plant in the Fortier Complex that produces methyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid.

Kemira Group has a plant in the Fortier Complex that produces acrylamide.

Toxic Releases (TRI) for 2013 in pounds:

Cornerstone Chemical Company:
Air: 267,448
Water: 31,891

Evonik Industries:
Air: 18,032

Kemira:
Air: 288

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