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Luling Plant
Monsanto Company
P.O. Box 174
Luling, LA 70070
(12501 River Road)

Phone: (985) 785-8211

Size: 1260 acres total; 500 acres developed as the plant site

Employees: 700 full-time, 450 contract workers

Plant Manager: George McGowan

History: Located about 15 miles up the Mississippi River from New Orleans, the Luling Plant was founded by the Lion Oil Company in 1954 as a nitrogen products manufacturing facility. At that time, manufacturing units produced anhydrous ammonia, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate. In 1956, the facility became part of Monsanto with the merger of Lion Oil and Monsanto. In the 1960s, the plant became part of the newly created Agricultural Chemicals Division, and diammonium phosphate was added to the product line. In the 1970s, conversion of adipic acid to acetaminophen began along with the implementation of the newly invented product, Roundup® herbicide. During the period of the 1980s and 1990s, the nitrogen products business declined at the facility, and none are produced at Luling today. However, since the mid-1970s, the portion of the plant associated with the production of Roundup® and its intermediates has expanded continuously, especially since 1995. Today, the Luling Plant proudly produces the family of Roundup® herbicides.

Plant Focus Areas: The Luling Plant has four key focus areas – maintaining the freedom to operate; providing cost-effective, quality products to our customers; growth and continuous improvement of business results; and developing people. We determine the key leverage factors that impact our business and educate our people about those drivers and how they can impact the bottom line through their daily jobs. We practice cost management around our major leverage factors as our key tool for improving business results.

Recent Accomplishments:

  • Achieved U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program Star status in 1994. Recertified in 1998.
  • Achieved U.S. President's Green Chemistry Award in 1996.
  • Certified as a Wildlife Habitat site by the Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Council in 1996.
  • Member of Louisiana Environmental Leadership Program continuously since 1996.
  • Received Louisiana Environmental Leadership Governor's Award in 1997.
  • Received two Louisiana Environmental Leadership Governor's Awards in 1998.
  • Received U.S. EPA Region 6 Environmental Excellence Award in 1998.
  • Received two Louisiana Environmental Leadership Governor's Awards in 1999.
  • Received one Louisiana Environmental Leadership Governor's Award in 2001.
  • Received one Louisiana Environmental Leadership Governor's Award in 2002.
  • Received three Louisiana Environmental Leadership Governor's Awards in 2004.
  • Received two Louisiana Environmental Leadership Governor's Awards in 2007, along with two Honorable Mentions.
  • Received Louisiana Chemical Association SAFE (Serious About Fostering Excellence) Award in 1998.
  • Luling has achieved a 98 percent plant reduction in SARA Title III air emissions since our 1987 base, while significantly increasing production.
  • Site has received Monsanto's Global Safety and Health Award (formerly Monsanto President's Safety Award) 11 of the 12 times it has been offered.
  • Received Louisiana Engineering Advancement Program's Outstanding Company award in 1999.
  • Received HOSTS (Help One Student To Succeed) Award in 1998 for mentoring in the public school system.
  • The plant's Community Advisory Panel has operated since 1989.
  • Charter member in US EPA Performance Track Program (2000), and renewed membership in 2004 and 2007.
  • Since 2006 Monsanto’s Luling Site has been recognized as a “Star of Excellence” by OHSA and has been a VPP site for 14 years.
  • In 2007 the Luling’s Wildlife Habitat was recognized as a “Cooperate Lands for Learning” Site by the Wildlife Habitat Council.
  • In 2008 the Luling site received the Distinguished Partners in Education Award from the State of Louisiana for the work with R. K. Smith Middle School, the site’s Adopt-A School Partner.

Guest Operations:

  • Operate a manufacturing facility to produce APAP (acetaminophen) an active ingredient in non-prescription/prescription pain relievers for the Rhodia Company.
  • Operate a manufacturing facility to produce ACL, an active ingredient in water treatment chemicals and an additive in detergents for OxyChem.

Key Agricultural Products:

  • Roundup® herbicides

Key Products:

  • APAP (acetaminophen)
  • ACL

Monsanto has an extensive quality assurance program, consisting of both quality control satellite labs located in the production units and a large plant Central Laboratory with a full staff of laboratory technicians, chemists, and engineers. Quality assurance personnel are available on a 24/7 schedule.

Roundup® is a registered trademark of Monsanto Company.