Average HDPE Resin prices for extrusion sheet fell 22% in Q1 2018, according to Plastic News (PN). The average price as reported on April 2nd by PN was $0.65/lb versus prices reported at the end of Q4 2017 of $0.84/lb. As previously reported, HDPE resin prices for extrusion sheet increased 21% in calendar year 2017. …
ESI’s 15th Annual safety training was a major success! ESI held its annual supervisors meeting the week of February 19th, 2018 at corporate headquarters In Baton Rouge, LA. The theme of the meeting was “Know Safety…. No Accidents”. Safety education was again ESI’s main focus this year, as emphasized continually during our classroom sessions, hands-on …
We give thanks for our country, our industry, our customers, our partners, our suppliers, our colleagues, our family and friends. God bless you all this holiday! May you and your families enjoy a peaceful, restful and blessed Thanksgiving.
David Nolting, ESI’s Corporate Environmental and Safety Manager, recently became an Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer, allowing him to provide in-house training to ESI employees for OSHA-10 and-30 hour construction safety classes. ESI’s first OSHA-10 hour training class was held on October 9th and 10th of this year. David instructed Khao Sackiuai’s crew on the required …
On August 29th, Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Widows Creek Fossil Plant sponsored a lunch for their workers to commemorate nearly seven years of work without a lost-time incident. This is a remarkable achievement and we congratulate the company and their team for this important milestone. ESI has worked at this site since April 2015, installing geosynthetic liners …
ESI has entered the social zone with a new page on Facebook! Did you know that Facebook has as many subscribers as we the square footage of geosynthetic liner we have installed since our inception? That’s right… 2 BILLION! Facebook’s reach is global and massive – and we’ve taken notice that most of our industry’s …
It’s construction season and our operations team is working at peak efficiency. Our talented crews, led by our supervisory staff with over 500 years experience, are fully deployed installing geosynthetics throughout the United States. Like Bruce Lee, our crews are efficient, poised, and use their talents and skills to perform at an exceptionally high level. …
Every month, the Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) features members on their website. This month (June), it is time for ESI. As such, we would like to point out that ESI is a supporting member of the industry consortium, composed of like companies interested in, and involved with fabricated geomembranes. ESI purchases and installs fabricated geomembranes, generally manufactured of …
When our customer asked us if we could install 300,000 sf of white and black HDPE liner for a new cell that we were constructing at a Waste Connections site in north Texas, our team found a creative way of meeting a customer’s request. As they were laying out the liner, they realized the pattern could end …