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Local Industry
Silsbee is located 26 miles from Beaumont Texas where the Port of Beaumont can be found. It is also 26 miles to I-10. Houston is 104 miles southwest of Silsbee via Beaumont. Silsbee is 62 Miles from the Gulf of Mexico at High Island, Texas.
Silsbee: The Car Trading Capital of Southeast Texas
As the car trading capital of Southeast Texas, Silsbee offers a variety of car dealerships to our town and the surrounding areas, including:
Apache Products Inc., dba Acme Skid, began manufacturing wooden skids in the 1950’s for a local paper mill. Today, Acme Skid services a market along the Gulf Coast from Freeport, TX to Baton Rouge, LA. Acme Skid produces wooden pallets, skids, crates, and other specialty lumber items within a state- of- the- art manufacturing facility that utilizes pallet design software and computerized nailing machines. Acme Skid is certified with the Women’s Business Enterprise Alliance as a woman owned business.
Today's BNSF Railway is the product of nearly 400 different railroad lines that merged or were acquired over the course of 160 years.
While many different railroads combined to form BNSF, the people who worked at those railroads shared many traits. The people who built BNSF were — and continue to be — a unique breed, blending the forward-thinking of dreamers with the pragmatism of results-oriented business leaders. This heritage played a central role in settling and growing the American West, and today, BNSF continues to have a significant impact in meeting the needs of shippers and serving the economy.
Dragon Products, Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of mission critical products serving the energy and industrial industries. U.S. and family owned and operated for more than 50 years the Dragon name is synonymous with “severe duty engineered” equipment for a broad range of applications including well servicing, bulk storage, liquid and solids hauling and a variety of pumping and mud solutions. Our inventory and product lineup includes tanks and trailers; roll off equipment; pumps and stimulation equipment; mobile workover rigs; and surface production equipment.
South Hampton Resources is an independent, petrochemical manufacturer in southeast Texas. Since its beginning in 1955 it has progressed through several stages to emerge as a strongly competitive specialty petrochemical processor. With over 60 years of experience the company is now the industry leader in product quality and service to the customer.
Wooden Pallets, LTD is a specialty pallet and skid manufacturer serving the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. With more than 30 years of experience in designing and building pallets and skids, our team of experts provide clients with solutions in packaging re-design to minimize costs without sacrificing quality.
Silsbee has a solid infrastructure and an industry-friendly community.
Silsbee welcomes other industry to check out the advantages of establishing a business in our community. Contact the EDC office for more information.