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Eastman Completes Construction of New Isobutyric Acid Manufacturing Facility

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KINGSPORT, Tenn., Nov 28, 2018 - (ACN Newswire) - Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN) has completed a new isobutyric acid manufacturing facility at its Kingsport, Tennessee site, and expects production to begin within the next few weeks. The new facility, when added to the Longview, Texas site isobutyric acid manufacturing facility, doubles...

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