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Koppers Company

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About Koppers Company

The address on file for this Somerville, Texas site leads to koppers.com, the worldwide corporate site of Koppers Inc. rather than a page for the Somerville operation. The pages read carry no mention of Somerville, of Texas, or of any local phone or street address - the only contact given is the Pittsburgh head office at 436 Seventh Avenue - so nothing here describes what the Texas plant does, and readers should treat the material below as the parent company's account of itself. Koppers describes itself as "a leading provider of wood- and carbon-based technologies, products, chemicals, and services that strengthen our global infrastructure," working to "build, maintain, and improve our global infrastructure through environmentally responsible solutions." Its stated purpose is "Protecting What Matters and Preserving The Future," and its safety commitment is branded Zero Harm. The company's origin story is that it "dates back to the early 1900s, when German engineer, Heinrich Koppers, put himself at the forefront of sustainability by creating a new kind of coke-oven furnace that recovered byproducts for other uses rather than releasing them into the atmosphere." "What started as a Pittsburgh-based company more than 100 years ago has since grown to span several continents," with locations in North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Products are grouped as Wood Enhancement Technologies, Railroad, Utility & Industrial, Carbon & Coating Solutions and CPRO for advanced battery anode materials. The Railroad business makes "treated wood products [that] help build and preserve critical railroad infrastructure," including crossties; the Utility business covers "quality wood poles, cross arms, piling, and more," and the site claims Koppers is "the largest utility pole manufacturer in the U.S.," serving investor-owned groups, cooperatives and municipal utilities. The Performance Chemicals team "develops innovative wood-preservative and fire-retardant chemicals and technologies for decking, fencing, utility poles, and pressure-treated commercial construction lumber" and supports customers "in more than 70 countries." Carbon products listed are carbon pitch, creosote and naphthalene. Services are Recovery & Reuse - "servicing the full life cycle of your railroad crossties and utility poles... turnkey solutions for all forms of wood waste recovery, disposal, and recycling" - plus Research & Innovation and Carbon Material Testing through the Koppers Global Technology Center. The company describes a vertically integrated model "united by wood preservation technologies across diverse markets," and points to its 2025 Sustainability Report, a refreshed 2030 strategy and a 20th anniversary on the NYSE. As described on koppers.com, read 23 September 2026.