Technology leadership has been our standard from the company's beginning, and we cherish that reputation. We know technology is key to our business and to even better products for our customers. Exxon Mobil Corporation invests more than a half-billion dollars a year in research and development worldwide.

Serving Customers

At ExxonMobil Chemical we build technology into our business units, manufacturing plants and marketing groups. That means researchers and scientists are integral to the teams focusing on customers' needs and ways to meet them.

Nine specialized technology centers are strategically located worldwide to provide resources for our scientists to find the best ways to make our products, improve environmental properties and help customers choose exactly the right products for their uses. This support is part of the quality pledge behind our products.

Licensing Experience

A licensing agreement with ExxonMobil Chemical is more than an arrangement to use proven chemical technology. It's a bond that directs all those involved toward a common goal — the success of the venture.

Our process technologies are well established in several petrochemical markets. In the paraxylene sector, our technologies have provided cost-effective manufacturing tools for more than 25 years. Since their introduction in the mid-'90s, our alkylation process technologies, developed jointly with Raytheon Company, have made significant inroads into the ethylbenzene and cumene markets.

Our Univation Technologies joint venture continues its leadership in researching, developing and licensing catalysts and processes for making polyethylene. And our steam-cracking furnace design technology is available to ethylene producers through a long-term global license agreement with Kellogg Brown & Root, marketer of the process.