The Vinyl Institute (VI) announced the recipients of VI’s annual top safety and environmental awards, given to companies in the vinyl (polyvinyl chloride or PVC) industry for improving worker safety and protecting the environment at plant sites throughout North America. Awards were announced for performance during the 2013 calendar year. Award winners included: Oxy Vinyls, Formosa Plastics, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Westlake Chemical Corporation, Shintech, and Mexichem Specialty Resins.