News & PR

Austin Industrial is consistently recognized in the news and media for achievements and excellence in business and delivery.

Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial is consistently recognized in the news and media for achievements and excellence in business and delivery.

June 2012

Austin Industrial transitions two new sites

Austin Industrial has transitioned two new sites for BASF Chemicals in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Austin is providing maintenance and operations support services, and small capital services at the two facilities, which manufacture different forms of latex. “The feedback from our internal maintenance group and site personnel has been very positive and supportive,” said Chris Snodgrass, engineering [...]


June 2012

Austin Industrial recognized for adopt-a-school career development

Richard McConnell, Austin Industrial site manager, was presented an award from the Galena Park Independent School District for Austin Industrial’s and Lyondell Basell’s participation in the Adopt-A-School program. Galena Park is in the Channelview area of Harris County. Lyondell Basell and Austin Industrial have had a partnership with Galena Park ISD since 2008 to promote [...]


April 2012

Austin Industrial employee-owners reach five-year safety milestone on Fuji project

The Austin Industrial team working at the Fuji Photo Film site in Greenwood, South Carolina, recently crossed over a safety milestone by working five years straight without an accident. “Five years with no recordables is an outstanding achievement,” said Johnny Coates, Austin Industrial operations manager for the southeast region. “All the attention to detail, hard [...]


April 2012

Austin Industrial part of winning safety team

Austin Industrial is one of five contractors on the LaPorte C.H.E.S.S. team at TOTAL Petrochemicals and Refining that received the company’s first Global Pinnacle award for being the most innovative safety team within TOTAL’s global umbrella. Austin, along with contractors EMSI, Sunrise, Taylor and Hill, and SGS comprise the LaPorte “Contractors Helping Everyone Stay Safe” [...]


February 2012

Austin Industrial reaches two million safe hours at Motiva

Austin Industrial employee-owners on the Crude Expansion Project (CEP) at the Motiva Port Arthur Refinery set a safety milestone on January 4. Workers celebrated two million safe work hours without a recordable injury and 3.2 million safe work hours without a lost-time injury. The last OSHA recordable was on August 7, 2010. Nick Smallwood with [...]


February 2012

Austin Industrial lands new contract in New Mexico

Austin Industrial recently transitioned about 50 new employee-owners at two Holly- Frontier sites where the company will provide maintenance services. Holly Frontier is an independent energy company involved with crude oil refining and wholesale marketing of refined petroleum products. With headquarters in Dallas, the company owns and operates five refineries with a total crude oil [...]