NOVA Chemicals is a leading producer of plastics and chemicals that make everyday life safer, healthier and easier. Our employees develop and manufacture materials for customers worldwide who produce consumer, industrial and packaging products. NOVA Chemicals works with a commitment to Responsible Care® to ensure effective health, safety, security and environmental stewardship.
NOVA Chemicals creates value by focusing on our customers first. We deliver innovative technology and products through service and collaboration, which means we place high-value on our relationships, as well as our research and development.
As a leader in Responsible Care®, we have an unwavering commitment to health, safety, and the environment - including stewardship of our products throughout their life cycles.
NOVA Chemicals and its employees practice a culture of dignity, respect, openness, and honesty with one another and in the communities where we live and work.
Our History
NOVA Chemicals' predecessor, NOVA Corporation of Alberta, was incorporated in 1954. In 1994, NOVA Corporation of Alberta filed articles of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act of Alberta to become a wholly owned subsidiary of NOVA Corporation, changed its name to NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. and its common shareholders became the common shareholders of NOVA Corporation. At the same time, NOVA Corporation also became the parent corporation of NOVA Chemicals Ltd. and NOVA Gas International Ltd. . . learn more.
Corporate Overview
Our current businesses and joint ventures focus on ethylene and polyethylene and Performance Styrenic polymers. We develop value-added products and technology for customers worldwide that produce consumer, industrial and packaging products.
What We Do
Polyethylene Resins
Our polyethylene resins are used in everyday applications such as food packaging, industrial containers, toys and building products
Our Performance Styrenic polymers leverage the protective and energy-efficient benefits of EPS for the building and construction, protective packaging and food packaging markets
Operating Locations and Capacities (mmlbs/kt)
| Joffre, AB |
4800* / 2190 |
830 / 380 |
1480 / 670 |
950 / 430 |
| Corunna, ON |
1800 / 820 |
4700 / 2130 |
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| Moore Township, ON |
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|
840 / 380 |
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| St. Clair River, ON |
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|
450 / 205 |
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| Total |
6600 / 2900** |
5530 / 2510 |
2770 / 1255 |
950 / 430 |
*Excludes Dow Chemicals 50% position in the E3 cracker. Including the Dow portion, Joffre has an annual capacity
of 6,200 mmlbs (2,820 kt) of ethylene.
**Difference between total and individual plant values attributable to rounding.
| Monaca, PA |
|
180 / 80 |
70 / 30 |
| Painesville, OH |
|
100 / 45 |
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| Channelview, TX |
400 / 180 |
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| Total |
400 / 180 |
280 / 130** |
70 / 30 |
*Equity position in Lyondell’s Channelview styrene plant.
**Difference between total and individual plant values attributable to rounding.