Eastman Chemical Company - Corporate Headquarters - Kingsport, TN
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N 36° 32.082 W 082° 33.051
17S E 361170 N 4044375
Eastman Chemical Company manufactures and markets chemicals, fibers and plastics worldwide.
Waymark Code: WM78HY
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2009
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Eastman Chemical, headquartered in Kingsport, TN, is a FORTUNE 500 company with 2007 sales of $6.8 billion and approximately 10,500 employees worldwide (large portion in this area). The company was founded in 1920 when George Eastman bought an existing methanol plant to supply Eastman Kodak photographic film with key solvent in short supply due to WWI.
The products made by Eastman Chemical Company are used in making everything from the packaging for your food, drinks and personal care products, to the fabric in your clothing and home furnishings, to the paint on your house and automobile, to the plastics on your bicycle helmet and golf clubs. Refer to www.eastman.com for more information.
The posted coordinates are at the base of the flag pole right in front of the headquarters building. Note the erlenmeyer flask shapes in the "A" letters.
Name of Organization: Eastman Chemical Company
Type of Organization: Corporation/Business
Type of Mounting: Free Standing Flagpole
Location: Corporate Headquarters
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