Indorama Ventures Donates Glycol to Fuel Campus Unit

9/5/2025

The Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) Process Operating Technology program received a donation of 14 totes of propylene glycol to refill the campus glycol unit from industry partner Indorama Ventures on Monday, August 11, 2025.

"We are always looking for opportunities to provide students with the tools and equipment needed to be successful once they enter the industry full-time," said Mark Hays, Receiving and Shipping Operations Coordinator of Indorama Ventures. "Indorama recognizes that this partnership not only provides students with better learning experience but also generates future employees with a higher set of skills and knowledge, which directly benefits the company."

Indorama Ventures has been a partner of LIT for over 10 years, continuing to provide the necessary process materials that enable LIT students to gain hands-on experience for their future employers.

“The process training unit at LIT separates a mixture of water and propylene glycol to provide direct industry experience to aspiring students.” Ty Sheppard, EO and Glycols Production Engineer. “The training unit contains several pieces of operating equipment you would see at any industrial facility such as pumps, tanks, exchangers, instrumentation, etc. There is no better form of hands-on experience.”

For more information about LIT's Process Operating Technology program, or any other program, visit lit.edu.