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r^, _ . . .s , - ,, , 151 'PLAINTJFF'S EXHIBIT ' UC-5358 A HISTORY OF UNION CARBID CORPORATION A HISTORY OF UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION From the 1890s to the 1990s Robert D. Stief 1998  Robert D. Stief- 1998 The viewpoints expressed in this book, including any characterization or description of people or events, are solely those of the author and his associates who assisted in the prepara tion ofthe material and should not be attributed in any way to Union Carbide Corporation. Carbide Retiree Corps, Inc. 39 Old Ridgebuty Road Danbury, CT 06817 Over the years, the most notable products that Union Carbide has pioneered have included: Carbon and graphite electrodes Calcium carbide and acetylene Ferroalloys and silicon EVEREADY batteries PREST-O-LITE liquified petroleum gas (LPG) LINDE (now Praxair) oxygen, nitrogen and argon BAKELITE phenolic resins Ethylene (and other olefins) Ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol (including PRESTONE antifreeze) CELLOSOLVE solvents _ Synthetic alcohols and ketones Synthetic organic acids and esters Vinyl chloride and VINYLITE vinyl resins FLEXOL plasticizers High-pressure polyethylene SEVIN carbamate insecticide UNIPOL (low-pressure) polyethylene KEMET capacitors LP OXO alcohols Molecular sieves Organofunctional silanes Calcium Carbide Plant at Spray, NC, in 1896 Illustration Courtesy o f Herbert T. Pratt A HISTORY OF UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION Table of Contents FOREWORD CHAPTER ONE GENESIS (1890-1920) Willson Aluminum Company Spray Plant Holcomb Rock and Glen Ferris Plants Calcium Carbide Franchises ^ Union Carbide Company Electro Metallurgical Company Linde Air Products Company Prest-O-Lite Company Mellon Institute Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation People CHAPTER TWO PETROCHEMICAL PIONEER (1920-1940) Clendenin Plant - South Charleston Plant Niagara Falls Plant Vinyl Chloride and VINYLITE Resins Polyvinyl Butyral Plasticizers Amines Fine Chemicals _ Credit Department - First Kirkpatrick Award Whiting Plant Ethylene Oxide Further Growth BAKELITE and the Bound Brook Plant Texas City Plant Research & Development and Engineering Products and Sen-ices - 1940 CHAPTER THREE THE WAR YEARS (1940-1945) Synthetic Rubber Program Manhattan Project Polyethylene Wartime Efforts PAGE -1 -3 -4 -6 -12 -13 - 15 -15 -19 - 20 -21 - 23 -26 -29 - 33 - 35 -39 - 44 - 46 -47 - 48 - 48 - 49 - 50 - 50 - 50 -51 - 53 - 53 - 56 -57 - 60 - 61 -61 - 64 - 68 - 70 Table of Contents CHAPTER FOUR GROWTH (1945-1960) Expansions and New Plants Polyethylene VISKING Oxo Alcohols Silicones Polystyrene Agricultural Products ,, Molecular Sieves ' DYNEL Coal Hydrogenation Nuclear Programs Computer Automation Environmental, Safety, and Health CHAPTER FIVE GROWING PAINS (1960-1970) Low-pressure Oxo Losers _ Organization ~ Sales and Facilities CHAPTER SIX ENERGY CRISES AND INFLA TION (1970-1980) - UNIPOL Chemical Hygiene Fellowship (CHAPTER SEVEN TRANSFORMATION (1980-1990) Major Projects Silcones II Bhopal Divestitures and Restructuring EPILOG ABOUT THE A UTHOR APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY EARLY PATENTS (1890-1920) PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (1940) PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (1990) - 72 -76 - 80 - 81 - 82 - 82 - 85 - 85 -87 - 88 - 89 - 91 - 91 - 92 - 94 - 96 - 96 -97 - 98 -103 -105 -108 -110 -112 -112 -114 -117 -123 -124 Illustrations Frontispiece Figure I Figure II Figure III Figure IV Figure V FigureVI Figure VII Figure VIII Figure IX Figure X Figure XI Figure XII Figure XIII Figure XIV Figure XV Figure XVI Figure XVII Figure XVIII Figure XIX Figure XX Figure XXI Figure XXII Figure XXIII Figure XXIV Figure XXV Figure XXVI Figure XXVII Figure XXVIII Figure XXIX Figure XXX -Calcium Carbide Plant at Spray, North Carolina, in 1896 -Thomas Leopold Willson -Major James Turner Morehead -John Motley Morehead in about 1955 -Former Willson Aluminum Company Plant at Holcomb Rock, Virginia, in 1929 -Electro Metallurgical Company Plant at Glen Ferris, West Virginia, in 1929 -Facsimilie of First Known R&D Report- 1897 -Union Carbide Company Founders and Management Group at Niagara Falls Gorge in 1911 -Laboratory Known as "The Shack" at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh in 1917 -Union Carbide Corporate Offices (1917-1959) 25 East 42nd Street, New York, NY -George Oliver Curme, Jr. in 1954 -Clendenin Gasoline Company Plant 1921 -South Charleston, WV, Plant in 1962 -Niagara Falls, NY, Plant in 1962 -Whiting, IN, Plant in 1962 -Bound Brook, NJ, Plant in 1940 -Texas City, TX, Plant in 1962 -Institute, WV, Plant in 1962 -K25 Plant at Oak Ridge, TN (1980s) -Union Carbide Corporate Offices (1960-1980) 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY -Union Carbide Technical Center in 1980 South Charleston, WV -Seadrift, TX, Plant in 1962 -Torrance, CA, Plant in 1962 -Brownsville, TX, Plant in 1962 -Sistersville, WV, Silicones Plant in 1981 -Taft, LA, Plant in 1968 -Ponce, PR. Plant in 1972 -Union Carbide Corporate Offices (1981 - Present) Danbury, CT -Prentiss, Alberta, Plant in 1994 -Warren M. Anderson -Robert D. Kennedy 1- - A HISTORY OF UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION Foreword This is the story of Union Carbide Corporation and its premier role in the founding and development of the petrochemical and plastics industries. It is the history of the technology and people of Union Carbide, because that is what has distinguished Union Carbide. It is not an exhaustive record of detail but instead covers the high spots--plus a few of the low ones--along with some flavor of whafthe business was like. It has been written mainly for the record, and every attempt has been made to make it as accurate as possible. However, it has also been written for Union Carbide retirees, whose life this was, and for Union Car bide employees who are interested in their heritage. It's a story that needed to be told because heretofore it existed only in bits and pieces and not in its entirety in any one place. This narrative is a complement to archives that have been assembled to document the history of Union Carbide Corporation for both Union Carbide and for the Chemical Heritage Foundation, which is collecting the history ofthe chemical industry in America. The information herein was compiled from a large number of sources including personal files and recollections, published accounts, patents, and Company files and annual reports. A listing of these resources is shown in the bibliography. This history project has had the support of the Carbide Retiree Corps, a Union Carbide retiree organization, and numerous volunteers. Particular credit must go to George H. Daniels, a former Union Carbide plant manager and opera tions manager, who collaborated on the project and also compiled the Time Line, to Ronald S. Wishart, a former officer and man of many hats at Union Carbide, who served as a liaison and sounding board, and to the twenty other principal contributors of separate, individual sections of the project, as noted below, all of whom are former employees with significant roles at Union Carbide. Credit is also due Herbert T. Pratt, a retired du Pont chemical engineer. Mr. Pratt, a native of Spray, North Carolina, researched and documented over a period of forty years the events surrounding the discovery of the process to make calcium carbide at Spray. Others who contributed valuable information, insights, and support to this work include: Arthur R. Anderson, Cyril J. Brounstein, James A. Champley, Peby Clavell, 2- - Hector Cruzado, Donald A. Dechman, Joseph M. Fallon, Samuel Griffith, Richard S. Hughes, Franklin Johnston, Bernard Kanner, Robert L. Langerhans, James C. Malone, Charles W. McConnell, Clayton S. Meyers, Cameron E. Ogden, Dorothy J. Owens, Robert A. Pischner, Arthur J. Power, John R. Samples, Samuel W. Tinsley, Heinn F. Tomfohrde III, Wayne B. Watkins, Harold R. Wright, and Frank W. Wyatt. The principal contributors to this Union Carbide history and the areas that they have documented are shown below. These sections are contained in the as sembled archives residing with Union Carbide Corporation and the Chemical HeritSge Foundation in Philadelphia. Contributor Area H. Nelson Baylor F. Douglas Bess Frank M. Branner Frank Cozzarelli, Jr. James M. Davison "Robert C. Hieronymus Wilburn M. Hoffman Sam M. Livengood Charles H. Madge Ernest R. Marshall _ Everett L. Peterson John J. Potter John N. Saunby Joseph J. Smith Maxwell E. Sutherland Donald B. Trauger Albert Walker John H. Wilson Ronald S. Wishart Warren J. Woomer Oxide-Glycol & Derivatives Environment, Safety, and Health Synthetic Rubber Program Phenolics and Polystyrene Low-pressure Polyethylene Early Olefins Recent Olefins Mellon Institute High-pressure Polyethylene Agricultural Products Emulsion Systems Coal Hydrogenation Project Specialty Polymers & Products Low-pressure Polyethylene Vinyls & Plasticizers Nuclear & Oak Ridge Solvents & Intermediates Oxide-Glycol & Derivatives Silicones Agricultural Products A HISTORY OF UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT UC-5359 TIME LINE A Chronology of Significant Events Relating to the History of Union Carbide Corporation Compiled by George H. Daniels 1998 Union Carbide ~Corporation Time Line CONTENTS Page Preface i List of Sections, Library Code Prefixes, and Editors ii Chronological Listings Genesis (to 1920) 1 Petrochemical Pioneer (1920-1940) 3 The War Years (1940-1945) 9 Growth (1945-1960) 11 Growing Pains (1960-1970) 17 - Energy Crisis and Inflation (1970-1980) 20 Transformation (1980-1995) 21 UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TIME LINE PREFACE The items in the accompanying lists show significant events by year relating to the history of Union Carbide Corporation. These items were compiled from: -Documents that were supplied by active and retired Carbiders in response to requests for historic information. -Individual reports that were prepared as segments of the project to record ^the history of Union Carbide Corporation. -Published literature (including Annual Reports) The lists are shown in 3 formats. The first is a straight chronological listing with four columns that show: 1. The date (year). 2. The event. 3. A 2 or 3 digit symbol identifying the archive section (product group source " of the information). This symbol also serves as the prefix for the library code used for cataloguing the archive material. 4. A single letter - F = facility, P = product, M = miscellaneous A table, page ii, provides a key to the symbols discussed in item 3 above as well as indicating a key collector and editor of that section. George H. Daniels June 1998 i CARBIDE HISTORY PROJECT SECTIONS. CODES AND RESPONSIBILITIES SECTION________ LIBRARY CODE PREFiX RESPONSIBILITY Agricultural Products AG E. R. Marshall Coal Hydrogenation Program CH J. J. Potter Emulsion Polymers EP E. L. Peterson General GE R. D. Stief / G. H. Daniels Health, Safety & Environmental HS F. D. Bess High-pressure Polyethylene HP C. H. Madge Low-pressure Polyethylene LP J. J. Smith \ J. M. Davison Mellon Institute Ml S. M. Livengood Nuclear Program NU D. B. Trauger Olefins --to 1950 OL1 R. C. Hieronymus Olefins - after 1950 OL2 W. M. Hoffman Oxide-glycol & Derivatives OX H. N. Baylor/J.H.Wilson Phenolics PH F. Cozzarelli Rocket Program RP F. Sheets Silicones SI R. S. Wishart Solvents & Intermediates SO A. Walker Specialty Polymers & Products SP J. N. Saunby Rubber Program SR F. M. Branner Vinyls & Plasticizers VP M. Sutherland I UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY GENESIS (-4000 to 1920) -4000 1650 1795 1795 1795 1795 1828 1828 1836 1840 1855 1858 1859 1860 1860 1862 1862 1863 1866 1870 1873 1886 1890 1891 1892 1892 1892 1894 1894 1894 1894 1895 1895 1895 1895 1895 1896 1896 1896 1896 1897 1897 1897 1898 1899 1900 1904 1906 1906 1906 1906 1906 1906 1906 1907 1907 1907 1907 ETHANOL PRODUCED BY FERMENTATION ETHYLENE CREATED FROM ETHANOL ETHYLENE "DISCOVERED" BY FOUR DUTCH CHEMISTS WORD "OLEFINS" INTRODUCED AT PARIS INSTITUTE BY DEFOUCRY REACTION OF ETHYLENE AND CHLORINE ANNOUNCED ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE MADE IN HOLLAND ETHANOL PRODUCED FROM ETHYLENE VIA ETHYL HYDROGEN SULFATE PLUS HYDRATION WOEHLER SYNTHESIZES UREA EDMUND DAVY PRODUCED ACETYLENE JAMES TURNER MOREHEAD BORN ISOPROPANOL FROM PROPYLENE VIA PROPYL HYDROGEN SULFATE PLUS HYDRATION AUGUST KEKULE DESCRIBED THE STRUCTURAL THEORY OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS. LOURENCO PREPARED POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL THOMAS^. WILLSON BORN ETHYLENE HYDRATED IN CONC. SULFURIC ACID (1 LITER EXHIBITED) WOEHLER PREPARED AND IDENTIFIED CALCIUM CARBIDE AND ACETYLENE ETHANOL PLANT (H2S04) USING 20% C2H4 FROM COAL CARBONIZATION FAILED ADOLPH BAEYER PREPARED ACETYLENE ( NOBEL PRIZE IN 1905 ). AUGUST KEKULE SYNTHESIZED ACETYLENE. JOHN MOTLEY MOREHEAD BORN CARL VON LINDE FOUND PROCESS FOR OXYGEN BY LIQUIFACTION & RECTIFICATION OF AIR NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY FOUNDED T. L. WILLSON PATENT MELTING OR REDUCING METALS BY ELECTRICITY -*430453 J.T. MOREHEAD ET AL BUILD SPRAY ALUMINUM PLANT CACIUM CARBIDE PRODUCED AT SPRAY NC (WILLSON & MOREHEAD) T. L. WILLSON PROCESS OF ELECTRICALLY RREDUCING REFRACTORY COMOUNDS-486575 PATENT APPLICATION PROCESS FOR CRYSTALLINE CALCIUM CARBIDE (WILLSON) FIRST TON OF CALCIUM CARBIDE SOLD FROM FIRST COMMERCIAL PLANT T. L. WILLSON FILED FOR PATENT FOR USE OF ACETYLENE AS AN ILLUMINATING GAS T. L. WILLSON APPLIED FOR PATENT FOR PRODUCTION OF ACETYLENE DERIVATIVES ELECTRIC GAS CO. FORMED BY CHICAGO CAPITALISTS PATENT ISSUED FOR MANUFACTURE NEW PRODUCT (T. L. WILLSON) NO. 541,138 T. L. WILLSON PROCESS OF & APPARATUS FOR MAKING GAS -548320 ACETYLENE SEEN AS PRECURSOR TO MANY ORGANIC CHEMICALS GE HENRI LE CHATALIER DETERMINED THAT ACEYLENE AND OXYGEN GAVE VERY HOT FLAME CARL VON LINDJE:COMMERCIALIZED AIR LIQUIFACTION. T. L. WILLSON PATENTS PROCESS OF PRODUCING ILLUMINATING GAS -553550 T. L. WILLSON PATENTS PROCESS OF PRODUCING CALCIUM COMPOUNDS -563527 T. L. WILLSON PATENTS PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING HYDROCARBON GAS -563528 PATENT APPLIC. CALCIUM CARBIDE MANUF. (J.T.MOREHEAD) 1897-583,498 T. L. WILLSON - PROCESS OF PRODUCING & CONSUMING HYDROCARBON GAS -577803 T. L. WILLSON PATENTS PROCESS OF ELECTRIC SMELTING -575788 MOREHEAD BUILT HYDROELECTRIC SMELTER AT FALLS AT GLEN FERRIS WV PERSONNEL FROM "PEOPLES GAS" & NY CAPITALISTS FORM UNION CARBIDE CO. PATENT APPLIC. ELECTRIC FURNACE MANUF. CALCIUM CARBIDE 1900-664333-4 C2H4 TO ETHYL ETHER PLT. STARTED - FAILED 1907 WHEN ETHANOL TAX REMOVED* CONCENTRATED ACETYLENE COMPANY FOUNDED SEPTEMBER 6 UNION CARBIDE CO. FORMED CONCENTRATED ACETYLENE COMPANY RENAMED PREST-O-LITE (WITH C. G. FOSTER) TO SELL ACETYLENE FOR BICYCLE LIGHTS ETHER PRODUCED FROM CRUDE (20%) ETHYLENE UCC BUYS MAJOR MOREHEAD'S ELECTRIC FURNACE PLANTS & PATENTS UNION CARBIDE CO. PURCHASED WILLSON ALUMINUM CO. PREST-O-LITE BUYS CALCIUM CARBIDE FROM UNION CARBIDE CO. UNION CARBIDE COMPANY PROCURES GLEN FERRIS PLANT UNION CARBIDE AND NATIONAL CARBON FORMED LINDE CO. LINDE AIR PRODUCTS CO. INCORPORATED JANUARY 24 1ST US COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN (LINDE) SO P OL1 M OL1 M OL1 M SO M SO P SO P GE M GE M GE M SO P GE M OX M GE M OL1 P GE M SO P GE M GE M GE M GE M GE M GE M GE F GE P GE M GE M GE M GE M GE M GE M GE M GE M P GE M GE M GE M GE M OL1 M GE P GE M GE M GE M GE M GE P SO P GE M GE M GE M GE M GE P GE P GE M GE M GE F GE M GE M GE P 2 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1907 1909 1909 1910 1910 1910 1910 1912 1913 1913 1913 1914 1914 1914 1914 1915 1915 1915 1915 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 DR. ROBERT DUNCAN SET UP FELLOWSHIP FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Ml M CALCIUM CARBIDE LIGHT 235 US TOWNS GE M PATENT GRANTED FOR PLASTIC FROM REACTION OF PHENOL & FOMALDEHYDE. PH P UCC BUYS FRENCH OXYGEN/ACETYLENE WELDING TECHNOLOGY GE M LINDE DEVELOPED ACETYLENE MINERS LAMP GE P ETHANOL BY H2S04 HYDRATION OF 20-30% ETHYLENE IN ENGLAND & FRANCE FAIL* OL1 P GENERAL BAKELITE COMPANY FOUNDED BY LEO BAKELAND GE M OXWELD ACETYLENE CO. FORMED GE M MELLON INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ESTABLISHED GE M MELLONS PERSUADED DR. DUNCAN TO SETUP INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH IN PITTSBURGH Ml M PREST-O-LITE FELLOWSHIP TO EXPLORE OTHER ROUTES TO C2H2 SET UP AT MELLON Ml M PREST-O-LITES "ILLUMINATION FELLOWSHIP" AT MELLON ESTABLISHED GE M DR. GEORGE CURME HIRED AT MELLON TO FIND OTHER SOURCES C2H2 GE M UCC (COMPANY) FELLOWSHIP TO FIND NEW USES FOR CA-C & C2H2 SET UP AT MELLON Ml M CURME et al DEVELOPED ACETYLENE TO ETHYLENE PROCESS OL1 P CURME If al DEVELOPED COMMERCIAL PROCESSES FOR 10+ SYNTHETICS FROM C2H4 GE P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROD. C2H2 FROM ORGANIC LIQUID ~'19-1,315,540 GE P UCC ESTABLISHES "ORGANIC SYNTHESIS FELLOWSHIP" TO FIND USES FOR C2H2 GE M LINDE FELLOWSHIP TO FIND USES FOR NITROGEN (BY FIXATION) SET UP AT MELLON Mi M UCC BUYS PREST-O-LITE CO (CYLINDER ACETYLENE) GE F CURME PATENT APPLIC. PREP PURE ETHYLENE ~,19-1,135,541 OL1 P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PREP ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE ~'19-1,135,542 SO P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PREP ACETALDEHYDE ~'19-1,135,543 SO P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PREP ACETONE FROM ACETIC ACID ~'19-1,135,544 SO P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PREP ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE FROM C2H4 ~'19-1,135,545 SO P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PREP ACETIC ACID ~'19-1,135,546 SO P UNION CARBIDE AND CARBON CORP. INCORPORATED (UCC, PREST-O-LITE. GE M ELECTROMET, LINDE & NATIONAL CARBON WITH MELLON ASSOCIATIONS) GE M REQUESTED TO STUDY AT MELLON THE CHEMISTRY OF ETHYLENE TO MUSTARD GAS OL1 M FOR A US WARFARE PROJECT OL1 M DR. CURME SAID "STARTING WITH PLENTIFUL ETHYLENE & ACETYLENE - A HUGE GE M CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CAN BE BUILT--" GE M CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROCESS C2H4 SEPARATION -'22-1,422,184 OL1 P WORLDS FIRST LPG PIPELINE FOR SUPPORT OF OLEFINS UNIT OL1 F PROPYLENE HYDRATION (H2S04) PILOTED ELLIS LABS SO P OXWELD ACETYLENE CO. TAKEN INTO UC&CC GE M SMALL COMMERCIAL ETHYLENE PLANT BUILT AT BUFFALO GE F WAR ENDED - SWITCHED ETHYLENE STUDIES AT MELLON TO OTHER END USES OL1 M CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROD. OF ETHYLENE -.23-1,460,545 OL1 P COMPRESSION OF ETHYLENE ESTABLISHED TO BE SAFE OL1 P CORPORATE DECISION TO INVEST IN "ORGANIC CHEMICALS" MADE (SOLD BY SO M COMPTON & CURME ON GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR DIETHYL SULFATE) SO M CURME PROPOSES REVIEW OF EUROPEAN ACTVITY PERTAINING TO WORK OF MELLON OSF Ml M ORGANIC SYNTHESIS FELLOWSHIP SET UP AT MELLON BY FLEDGLING UCC (CORP,) Ml M CURME PATENT APPLIC. TREAT GASEOUS HYDROCARBON MIXTURES -'22-1,422,182 OL1 P LINDE DEVELOPING PROCESS TO PRODUCE ETHYLENE FROM GAS AT BUFFALO OL1 P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROCESS MAKE PROPYLENE DICHLORIDE ~'19-1,135,547 SO P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROC. MAKING ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL -'28-1,695,249 SO P 3 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY PETROCHEMICAL PIONEER (1920 to 1940) 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1921 1921 1921 1921 1921 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1923 1923 1923 1923 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 CARBIDE AND CARBON CHEMICAL CORP. FORMED GE M FIRST PURE ETHYLENE SHIPPED FROM LINDE'S BUFFALO PLANT (HYDROCARBON OL1 P CRACKING & CRYOGENIC SEPARATION RUN ALTERNATELY) OL1 P BUFFALO PILOT PLANT DESTROYED BY FIRE GE P CLENDENIN GASOLINE CO. & ADJACENT LAND PURCHASED GE F PLANT SITE STUDY MADE FOR C&CCC COMMERCIAL/ECONOMIC PLANT GE F CURME PATENT APPL1C. PROCESS TREAT GASEOUS MIXTURES -'22-1.422,183 OL1 P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROC. OF MAKING OLEFINS ~'25-1.524,355 OL1 P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROC. MAKING GLYCOLS -'23-1,442,386 OX P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROC. CHLORINATING GASEOUS H.C. ~'22-1,422,838 SO P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROC. OF ISOPRPYL CHLORIDE -'25-1,545,742 SO P PROPYLENE HYDRATION (H2S04) PUT INTO PRODUCTION BY STANDARD OF NJ SO P PROPYLENE & ISOPROPANOL (15 GAL.) PRODUCED AT BUFFALO PLANT SO P ETHANOL PRODUCED FROM COAL GAS FRACTIONS (2-20% ETHYLENE) SO P RAFFERTY APPROVES 1 TON LOT ACETONE CONDENSATION PRODUCT AT MELLON SO P 1ST OXIDATION OF BUTYRALDEHYDE AT SO. CHARLESTON SO P CLENDENIN PLANT STARTED UP GE F CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROC. OF PURIFYING CHLORINE -23-1,472,294 GE P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROC. OF PREP BENZOIC ACID ~'23-1,463,255 GE P ETHYLENE GLYCOL PRODUCED AT CLENDENIN BY HYDROLIZING ETHYLENE CHLORHYDRIN OX P ACETONE & ISOPROPANOL PRODUCED AT CLENDENIN SO P ADVATAGE OF HIGH PRESSURE VS. LOW TEMPARATURE GAS SEPARATION OL1 P ESTABLISHED VIA PARALLEL OPERATION AT CLENDENIN OL1 P 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF PROPANE (PYROFAX) OL1 P 1ST UC&CC TANK CAR SHIPMENT (PYROFAX) OL1 P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROC. & APPARATUS GENERATING FUEL GAS~'27-1,638,434 GE P EXHAUSTIVE ECONOMIC EVALUATION RE PROSPECTS CHEMICALS FROM H.C. GE P COMMERCIAL AVAILABLITY OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL ANNOUNCED OX P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROC. MAKING CHLORHYDRINS -'23-1,456,916 OX P COMMERCIAL PROCESS DEVELOPED AT CLENDENIN FOR DIETHYL SULFATE SO P COMMERCIAL PROCESS DEVELOPED AT CLENDENIN FOR ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE SO P COMMERCIAL PROCESS DEVELOPED AT CLENDENIN FOR ETHYLENE CHLORHYDRIN SO P COMMERCIAL PROCESS DEVELOPED AT CLENDENIN FOR ISOPROPANOL SO P COMMERCIAL PROCESS DEVELOPED AT CLENDENIN FOR PROPYLENE DICHLORIDE SO P COMMERCIAL PROCESS DEVELOPED AT CLENDENIN FOR PROPYLENE CHLORHYDRIN SO P COMMERCIAL PROCESS DEVELOPED AT CLENDENIN FOR PROPYLENE GLYCOL SO P COMMERCIAL PROCESS DEVELOPED AT CLENDENIN FOR BENZALDYHYDE SO P COMMERCIAL PROCESS DEVELOPED AT CLENDENIN FOR BENZOIC ACID SO P COMMERCIAL PROCESS DEVELOPED AT CLENDENIN FOR GLYCOL DIACETATE SO P COMMERCIAL PROCESS DEVELOPED AT CLENDENIN FOR FORMALEHYDE SO P CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROC. OF MAKING ALKYL CHLORIDES ~'24-1,518,182 SO P PLANT LOCATION STUDY LEADING TO SELECTION OF SO. CHARLESTON SITE GE F DECISION TO LEASE ROLLINS PROPERTY AT SO. CHARLESTON GE F CELLOSOLVE DEVLOPED AT CLENDENIN, WV OX P ECONOMIC STUDY OF RAW MATERIAL/PROCESS/EQUIPMENT/SITE FOR CHEMICAL FACILITY OX M 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACETALDEHYDE SO P 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF PARALDEHYDE SO P 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ALDOL SO P 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF CROTONALDEHYDE SO P 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACETIC ACID SO P 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF GLYCOLDIACETATE SO P NIACET CHEMICAL CO. FORMED GE M SOX KINSEY SENT TO CLENDENIN GE M RAFFERTY INITIATED TRAINING CHEMISTS & CHEM. ENG. AS SALESMEN (TECH. SERV.) GE M DAVIDSON WAS FIRST HIRE TO TRAIN AS TECH SERVICE SALESMAN GE M CONTRACT FOR CHLORINE WITH KLIPSTEIN (LATER WESTVACO) GE M 4 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1924 1924 1924 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1926 1926 1926 1926 1926 1926 1926 1926 1927 1927 1927 1927 1927 1927 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1928 1929 1929 1929 1929 TYPE 'V TANK CAR DESIGNED & BUILT TO TRANSFER CONCENTRATES ISOBUTANE PRODUCED FOR REFRIGERATION APPLICATIONS CURME PATENT APPLIC. PROC. MAKING ETHYLENE DIAMINE ~'31-1,832,534 CELLOSOLVE SOLVENT UNIT IN OPERATION AT SO. CHARLESTON UC&CC LEASES ROLLINS CHEMICAL CO. IN SO. CHARLESTON NO. 1 OLEFINS PLANT STARTED AT SO. CHARLESTON ETHYLENE LYCOL SOLD AS ANTI-FREEZE (UNINHIBITED) SO. CHARLESTON PLANT STARTS CRACKING GAS TO ETHYLENE & PROPYLENE NO. 1 CHLORHYDRIN UNIT CONSTRUCTED AT SO. CHARLESTON NO. 1 ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT CONSTRUCTED AT SO. CHARLESTON 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF METHANE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ETHANE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ISOBUTANE 1ST COMR4ERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLENE CHLORHYDRIN 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLENE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF CELLOSOLVE NIACET CHEMICALS CO. FORMED BY UC&CC AND CANADIAN ELECTRIC POWER CO. FIRST ETHYLENE FOR FRUIT RIPENING SOLD VISKING CO. FORMED (SEE 1956) CORPORATE SAFETY AWARD PLAN STARTED GAS CRACKING TUBE DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS YEILD 10+ FOLD PRODUCTIVITY ISOPROPANOL & ACETONE UNIT BUILT AT SO. CHARLESTON BUT NOT RUN - ABANDONED CURME PATENT APPLIC. THERMAL DECOMP. OF HYDROCARBONS ~'27-1,646,349 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION FROM NEW CELLOSOLVE UNIT - SO. CHARLESTON, WV NO. 2,3 & 4 CHLORHYDRIN UNITS CONSTRUCTED AT SO. CHARLESTON CURME PATENT APPLIC. MANUFACTURE OF GLYCOL ~'28-1.695,250 FIRST SALES OF ACETALDEHYDE PRODUCED AT NIACET FROM ACETALYENE FIRST SALES OF ACETALDOL PRODUCED AT NIACET FROM ACETALYENE FIRST SALES OF PARALDEHYDE PRODUCED AT NIACET FROM ACETALYENE FIRST SALES OF CROTONALDEHYDE PRODUCED AT NIACET FROM ACETALYENE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES 25 GLYCOL DERIVED EXPLOSIVES FOR USE IN COAL MINES 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "CELLOSOLVE" ACETATE UC&CC BUYS ROLLINS CHEMICAL CO. & BLAINE ISLAND CARBIDE AND CARBON CHEMICALS CORP. ESTABLISHED UC&CC. CONTRACTS FOR NATURAL GAS (SO. PENN NATURAL GAS CO.) CELLOSOLVE ACETATE PRODUCED AT SO. CHARLESTON 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF n-BUTENE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "CARBITOL" SOLVENT 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF BUTYL "CARBITOL" 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF BUTYL "CELLOSOLVE" 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIETHYLENE GLYCOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TRIETHANOL AMINE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ACETIC ACID ( AT NIACET) EMPLOYEES GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PLAN STARTED NIACET PLANT STARTED TO MAKE ORGANIC CHEMICALS FROM ACETYLENE CURME PATENT APPLIC. NON-INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS ~'31 -1,817,893 NO. 1 OLEFINS PLANT SEPARATION UNIT AT SO. CHARLESTON DESTROYED BY FIRE NO. 5 & 6 CHLORHYDRIN UNITS COMPLETED AT SO. CHARLESTON NO. 2 ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT COMPLETED AT SO. CHARLESTON PATENT FOR CELLOSOLVE PROCESS -1,696,874 NO. 3 ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT CONSTRUCTED AT SO. CHARLESTON ALKANOLAMINES PRODUCED VINYL CHLORIDE / VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS INVENTED BY E. W. REID ACETONE UNIT PLACED IN OPERATION AT SO. CHARLESTON ALMOST EVERY DYNAMITE MANUFACTURER IN U.S. USING ETHYLENE GLYCOL ETHYLENE OXIDE (CARBOXIDE)SOLD TO STERILIZE SURGICAL BANDAGES, SPICES ETC. ETHYLENE OXIDE ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES NOTED IN A PATENT OL1 M OL1 P OX P OX F GE F OL1 F OX P OL1 P OX F OL1 F OX P OL1 P OL1 P OL1 P OX P SO P OL1 P OX P AG F AG P GE M HS M OL1 P SO P OL1 P OX P OX F OX P SO P SO P SO P SO P OX M SO P GE F GE M OL1 M OX P SP P OX P OX P OX P OX P OX P OX P SO P GE M GE F GE P OL1 F OX F OX F OX P OX F SP VP P SO F OX M OX P OX P 5 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1929 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACETONE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ISOPROPANOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF PROPYLENE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYLENE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DICHLORETHYL ETHER 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIOXANE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLENE OXIDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL "CELLOSOLVE" 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF VINYL CHLORIDE PLANT TO PRODUCE "PYROFAX" STARTED IN WV UC&CC BUILDS CONCENTRATES PLANT AT HASTINGS WV UC&CC NIAGARA PLANT PRODUCES METHANOL ETHL ALCOHOL PRODUCED EXPERIMENTALLY IN ISOPROPANOL UNIT AT SO. CHARLESTON MELCO CHEMICAL CO. PRODUCED ISOPROPANOL COMMERCIALLY POSSIBLY FIRST SYNTHETIC METHANOL PRODUCED IN US AT NIAGRA FALLS PLANT FACILITyHNSTALLED AT SO.CHAR.TO PRODUCE VINYL CHLORIDE FROM EDC & KOH 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF METHANOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ISOPROPYL ETHER 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ETHYL ETHER 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF VINYL RESINS 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "CARBOXIDE1 FUMIGANT NEW PROCESS FOR ETHANOL DEVELOPED 1ST LARGE ETHANOL PLANT STARTED UP AT SO. CHARLESTON 1ST 55 GAL. SALE FROM NEW PROCESS OF ETHANOL UCC PHILOSOPHY RE PRODUCT APPLICATIONS PATENTS REVISED AS RESULT OF DUPONT PATENTING A UCC SALESMANS IDEA RE USE OF CELLOSOLVE UC&CC BUYS DIAMOND PLANT INHIBITOR DEVELOPED TO PREVENT ETHYLENE GLYCOL ANTI-FREEZE CORROSION ULLMAN'S ENCYCLOPIDIA PUBLISHED - ETHANOL FROM ETHYLENE IMPRACTICAL DUPONT INTRODUCED FLOUROCARBONS UC&CC INTRODUCED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE TO OTHER INDUSTRIES SMALL-SCALE SOLVENT VINYL RESINS UNIT STARTED UP AT SO. CHARLESTON POLYVINYL ACETATE/POLYBUTYRAL UNIT STARTED UP AT SO.CHAR. (VINYLITE X) 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF PROPYLENE OXIDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF PROPYLENE DICHLORIDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF PROPYLENE CHLORHYDRIN 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF PROPYLENE GLYCOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE FROM NEW PROCESS OF n-BUTANOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE FROM NEW PROCESS OF BUTYRALDEHYDE "VINYLITE" PRODUCTION UNIT STARTED AT SO. CHARLESTON 1ST USIPLANT TO PRODUCE BUTANOL & BUTYL ACETATE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF n-BUTYL ACETATE ETHYLENE OXIDE REGISTERED BY USDA AS INDUSTRIAL FUMIGANT FREDRICK BERGIUS & C. BOSCH RECEIVE NOBEL PRIZE FOR HP CONV. OF COAL TO OIL. SIR ROBERT ROBINSON PROPOSES POLYETHYLENE REACTION WITHOUT CATALYST PERRIN & SWOLLOW MADE 1ST POLYETHYLENE PROPOSAL - ICI - NO. CHESSHIRE ACETYLENE REMOVAL FROM EHTYLENE PROBLEM SOLVED BY ACETONE ABSORPTION BUTYL ACETATE UNIT STARTED AT SO. CHARLESTON SO LEFORT ETHYLENE OXIDE PATENT REVEIWED BRODERICK DEVELOPED CELLOSIZE TO COMPETE WITH CELLOPHANE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ETHYL ACETATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACETOACETANILIDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF METHYL ACETATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF METHYL ACETONE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF MONOETHANOLAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIETHANOLAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DICHLORETHYL ETHER (CHLOREX) 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIETHYL SULFATE NEW PROCESS FOR ETHYLACETOACETATE SO P SO P OL1 P OL1 P SO P SP P OX P OX P SP P GE F OL1 F SO P SO P SO P SO P VP F SO P SO P SO P VP P AG P SO P SO F SO P GE M GE M GE F OX P SO P SP P VP P VP F VP F SO P SO P SO P SO P SO P SO P SO P VP F SO F SO P AG P CH M HP P HP P OL1 P F OX M OX M SO P SP P SO P SO P OX P OX P SO P SO P SP P 6 1 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1933 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1934 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE FROM NEW PROCESS OF ETHYL ACETOACETATE SP P FIRST COMMERCIAL CDUDE OIL CRACKING AT GYRO AT SO. CHARLESTON OL1 F 'DRY' CELLOSIZE PROCESS DEVELOPED OX P PROCESS TO PRODUCE ACETIC ACID & ANHYDRIDE DISCOVERED (USED BY SHAWINIGAN) SO M ACETIC ANHYDRIDE UNIT AT SO. CHARLESTON STARTED USING NIACET ACETIC ACID SO F UC&CC RECEIVED 1ST "KIRKPATRICK AWARD" AS COMPANY IN PROCESS INDUSTRIES THAT GE M MADE THE GREATEST CONTIBUTION TO THE INDUSTRY GE M ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE PRODUCED SO P 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ISOPROPYL ACETATE SO P 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYRIC ACID SO P 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL AMYL ACETATE SO P 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL AMYL ALCOHOL SO P 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE SO P NEW PROCESS FOR ACETIC ANHYDRIDE SO P 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE FROM NEW PROCESS OF ACETIC ANHYDRIDE SO P ETHYLEN^DICHLORIDE / ET. OXIDE MIX -"CARBOXIDE"- SOLD AS GRAIN FUMIGANT AG P PILOT PLANT FOR ETHYLENE AMINES STARED UP AT MELLON OX F ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE / CARBON TERTRACHLORIDE MIX -"CHLORASOL"- SOLD AS AG P SOIL FUMIGANT AG P HAWKS NEST DAM & HYDROELECTRIC PLANT COMPLETED AT GAULEY BRIDGE WV GE F GEORGE OLIVER CURME RECEIVED THE CHANDLER MEDAL FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GE M FAWCETT & GIBSON PRODUCE 1ST GRAM OF POLYETHYLENE HP P DIACETONE ALCOHOL PRODUCED IN TRIAL OPERATIONS AT SO. CHARLESTON SO F MESITYL OXIDE PRODUCED IN TRIAL OPERATIONS AT SO. CHARLESTON SO F METHYL BUTYL KETONE PRODUCED IN TRIAL OPERATIONS AT SO. CHARLESTON SO F METHYL AMYL ALCOHOL PRODUCED IN TRIAL OPERATIONS AT SO. CHARLESTON SO F METHYL AMYL ACETATE PRODUCED IN TRIAL OPERATIONS AT SO. CHARLESTON SO F 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYL ETHER SO P 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF n-HEXANOL SO P 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF 2-ETHYL HEXANOL SO P 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF 2-ETHYL BUTANOL SO P 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF 2- ETHYL HEXYL ACETATE SO P DITHIOCARBAMATE FUNGICIDES REGISTERED BY USDA - AG P GEORGE LAW SUGGESTS INITIATING R&D TO DEVELOP NEW PESTICIDES AG P ETHYL ACETATE PRODUCED IN NEW ACETIC ESTERS UNIT AT SO. CHARLESTON SO F ISOPROPYL ACETATE PRODUCED IN NEW ACETIC ESTERS UNIT AT SO. CHARLESTON SO F CELLOSLVE ACETATE PRODUCED IN NEW ACETIC ESTERS UNIT AT SO. CHARLESTON SO F VINYL RESINS PATENT US #1935577 ALLOWED VP P 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLENE DIAMINE OX P 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIETHYLENE TRIAMINE OX P 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYL SILICATE SP P 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TRIETHYLENE TETRAMINE OX P 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF MORPHOLINE SP P ETHYLENEAMINES DEVELOPED AS REACTANTS FOR FUNGICIDES AG P DR. CURME INITIATED RESEARCH ON COAL HYDROGENATION CH M UC&CC BUILDS WHITING PLANT GE F EMPLOYEES SAVINGS PLAN ESTABLISHED GE M GEORGE CURME RECEIVED THE PERKINS MEDAL FROM THE SOC. OF THE CHEM. INDUSTRY GE M ONE OF EARLIEST HYDRAULIC FLUIDS PRODUCED AT SO. CHARLESTON OX M FAWCETT & GIBSON PRODUCE 5 GRAMS OF POLYETHYLENE HP P PATENT FOR STABLIZATION OF CELLOSOLVE - 1,992,292 OX P NO. 7 CHLORHYDRIN UNIT CONSTRUCTED AT SO. CHARLESTON OX F 1 ST DIRECT ETHYLENE OXIDATION UNIT DESIGNED (VORHEES ET AL) OX F 1ST ACETIC ACID UNIT UTLIZING ACETALDEHYDE FROM ETHYLENE INSTALLED SO F 1 ST ACETIC ACID PLANT AT SO. CHARLESTON STARTED SO F ETHANOL UNIT (SULFURIC ACID PROCESS) STARTED UP AT WHITING SO F ACETONE UNIT STARTED UP AT WHITING SO F NON-SOLVENT VINYL RESINS PILOT PLANT BUILT AT SO. CHARLESTON VP F VINYLITE ADAPTED AS COATING FOR TIN CANS & IMPREGNATED MILK CARTONS VP P LINDE INTRODUCES DRIOX SYSTEM GE P 6 7 - UG(J IIMt-LINh EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1935 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 POLYVINYL ACETATE UNIT (VINYLITE A ) UNIT BUILT AT SO. CHARLESTON 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF METHYL ACETOACETATE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF o-CHLORACETOACETANALIDE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF DICHLORACETOACETANALIDE PRODUCING DIETHANOLANIME & ALCOHOLS FOR AG INDUSTRY BIOASSAY LAB SET UP IN SO. CHAR. TO TEST CHEMICALS ON ROACHES & MOSQUITOES UC&CC NOW PRODUCING MORE THAN 150 ORGANIC CHEMICALS GEORGE CURME RECEIVED THE ELLIOT CREESON MEDAL FROM THE FRANKLIN INSITUTE CARBIDE AQUIRED PATENT RIGHTS TO LEFORTS ETHYLENE OXIDE PROCESS WORK PATENT FOR STABLIZATION OF CELLOSOLVE - 2,035,383 PATENT FOR MAKING TRANSPARENT CELLOSIZE FILM ~ 2,029,131 1ST ETHYLENE OXIDE PRODUCED BY DIRECT OXIDATION LARGE NEW ACETIC ANHYDRIDE UNIT BUILT AT WHITING ABSOLUTE ALCOHOL UNIT INSTALLED AT SO. CHARLESTON VINYLITE" RESIN UNIT COMPLETED AT SO. CHARLESTON PROCESS FOR MAKING FILM FROM CELLOSIZE DEVELOPED 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF BUTYL "CARBITOL" ACETATE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "CARBITOL" ACETATE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIISOBUTYL KETONE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIISOPROPANOL AMINE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIOCTYL AMINE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ISOPROPANOL AMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLBUTYRIC ACID 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE (40%) 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYL SILICATE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL N-AMYL KETONE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL "CARBITOL" 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL "CELLOSOLVE" ACETATE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF THIODIGLYCOL 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TRIISOPROPANOL AMINE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF "TERGITOL" 09, 4 & 7 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF TRIETHYLENE GLYOCOL DICHLORIDE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF "OXYFUME" FUMIGANT COAL HYDROGENATION PILOT PLANT AT SOUTH CHARLESTON STARTED UP MISCELLEANEOUS (FINE) CHEMICALS UNIT STARTED UP AT SO. CHARLESTON C K G.BILLINGS, THE FINANCIAL ORGANIZER OF UCCC, DIED ON MAY 6 RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES ESTABLISHED CHEMICAL HYGIENE FELLOWSHIP ESTABLISHED AT MELLON UC&CC BUILDS LEACH KY CONCENTRATES PLANT NO. 3 OLEFINS AT SOUTH CHARLESTON ON STREAM 1 ST PCANT TO OXIDIZE ETHYLENE TO ETHYLENE OXIDE WITH AIR AT SO. CHARLESTON NEW ACETIC ANHYDRIDE FACILITY COMPLETED 1 ST SALE OF "VINYON" FIBER 1ST SALE OF "VINYON" N 1 ST SALE OF ETHYL PROPYLACROLEIN 1 ST SALE OF PROPIONIC ANHYDRIDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "CELLOSIZE" WS 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIACETONE ALCOHOL 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIETHYL "CARBITOL" 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYL BUTYRALDEHYDE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYL HEXALDEHYDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYL HEXANOIC ACID 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF N-HEXALDEHYDE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF HYDROXYETHYL ETHYLENE DIAMINE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ISOPHORONE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF MESITYL OXIDE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL AMYL CARBINOL 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF POLYGLYCOL DICHLORIDE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF PROPYLENE DIAMINE VP F SP p SP p SP p AG p AG M GE M GE M OX M OX P OX P OX P SO F SO F VP F OX M SO P SO P SO P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P so P SP P so P ox P so P SP P SP P ox P SP P AG P CH M GE F GE M GE M Ml M OL1 F OL1 F OX F SO F VP P VP P SP P SP P OX P SO P OX P SO P SO P so P so P ox P so P so P so P SP P SP P 8 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TETRAETHYLENEGLYCOL DICHLORIDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TETRAGLYCOL DICHHLORIDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TETRAMINE PENTAMINE 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF "FLEXOL" 3-GH & 3-GO 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF CELLOSIZE HEC STARTED PRODUCTION OF FLEXOL PLASTICIZER 3GO STARTED PRODUCTION OF FLEXOL PLASTICIZER 3GH UCC DEVELOPED COMMERCIAL PROCESS FOR POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS NEW RESEARCH GROUP ESTABLISHED TO SYNTHESIZE NEW PESTICIDES CURME PATENT APPLIC. IMPROVED DIESEL FUEL -'45-2,378,466 ICI PILOT PLANT PRODUCES POLYETHYLENE FOR 1 MILE OF SUBMARINE CABLE CARBIDE AQUIRED PATENT RIGHTS FOR DAUL ANHYDRIDE PROCESS FROM SHAWINIGAN DUAL ANHYDRIDE PILOT PLANT OPERATED 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYL AMINE 1ST 55 GAt, SALE OF DIBUTYL AMINE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYRIC ANHYDRIDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF DICYCLOPENTADIENE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF METHYL PROPYL CARBINOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF PIPERAZINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DICHLORISOPROPYL ETHER 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "FLEXOL" DOP 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TETRAETHYLENE GLYCOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "CARBOWAX" 1500 & 4000 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 300 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS IN U.S. AT FINE CHEMICALS BAKELITE CO. ACQUIRED BY STOCK TRANSFER AQUISITION OF BAKELITE ADDED PHENOL & UREA FORMALDEHYDE, CELLULOSE ACETATE AND POLYSTYRENE 1 ST AUTOCLAVE POLYETHYLENE BY ICI ALKALI DIV. PATENT APPLIC. OLEFIN OXIDES & CATALYSTS ~'40-2,219,575 METHANOL PRODUCTION STARTED AT SO. CHARLESTON DELIBERATE PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE STARTED ACETIC ACID UNITS 2 & 3 MODIFIED TO OPERATE IN THE ACETIC ANHYDRYDE MODE CURME PATENT APPLIC. PREP AMINO CARBOXYLIC ACIDS & SALTS -'45-2,384,816 NON-SOLVENT VINYL RESINS UNIT STARTED VINYL RESIN VMCH (IMPROVED ADHESION, CABOXYL TYPE) INTRODUCED SP P SP P SP P VP P OX P OX P OX P OX M AG M GE P HP P SO M SO F SP P SP P SO P SP P SP P SP P SP P VP P SP P OX P OX P SO P OX P OX P GE M GE M GE M HP P OX P SO P SO P SO F SP P VP F VP P 8 9 - UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY THE WAR YEARS (1940 to 1945) 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1940 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1941 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 US AUTHORITIES URGE DEVELOPMENT BUTADIENE PROCESS LAB WORK ACCELERATED FOR BUTADIENE CATALYST 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTADIENE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF HEXYL ETHER 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF PENTAETHYLENE HEXAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF AMINE 220 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "CARBIC" ANHYDRIDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF MALEIC ANHYDRIDE SILICONE LAB & PILOT PLT. INITATED BY LINDE ATTONAWANDA DDT PATENTED - MANY CHEM. CO.s INSTITUTED MAJOR PESITICIDE DEV. PROGRAMS LARGER POLYETHYLENE UNIT AT CHESHIRE ICI ALKALI DIV. LINDE PRODUCES A FEW GRAMS OF WHITE POLYETHYLENE POWDER TEXAS CITY PLANT CONSTRUCTED GEORGE CURME RECEIVED THE NAT. MODERN PIONEERS AWARD FROM THE N A of MNFRS PATENT APPLIC. GAS SEPARATION -'43-2,321,666 CELLOSOLVE PROCESS MUCH IMPROVED BY CATALYST CHANGE ISOPHORONE PRODUCED AT FINE CHEMICALS UNIT AT SO. VCHARLESTON METHANOL UNIT AT SO. CHARLESTON STARTED UP VINYL RESINS EVOLVE SEMICONTINUOUS REACTION AND SPRAY DRYING PATENT APPLIC. TIN STABILIZERS FOR VINYLS -'41-2,267,779 VP TIN STABILIZERS INTRODUCED 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACETOACET-O-TOLUIDIDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYL CHLORIDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF GLYOXAL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIMETHYL ETHANOLAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF GLYOXAL ICI LICENSES POLYETHYLENE TECHNOLOGY TO DUPONT INFORMATION ON POLYETHYLENE USE IN RADAR TRANSMITTED TO US COMMODORE DOW OF USA PROPOSES USE & MNFR. OF POLYETHYLENE IN US U.S. NAVY INVITES UCC TO SUBLICENSE THE ICI POLYETHYLENE PROCESS LINDE LAB PRODUCES POLYETHYLENE BASED ON US PATENT OF HARVARD LINDE MEASURES POLYETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION RATES VS. TEMP.& PRES. FULL EFFORTS OF LINDE DIV. CONCENTRATED ON POLYETHYLENE 1ST UCC CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF POLYETHYENE IN LONG TUBE (3/16" X 5.5 ') LINDE SENDS 5 LBS. OF POLYETHYLENE TO BAKELITE DIV. FOR EVALUATION UC&CC BUILDS TEXAS CITY PLANT CRASH PROGRAM TO RECOVER BUTADIENE FOR US RUBBER PROGRAM 1ST US TANK CAR BY-PRODUCT BUTADIENE (FOR BUNA S DEVELOPMENT BUTADIENE CATALYST DEVELOPED UC&CC STYRENE & BUTADIENE PLANTS PROPOSED NO. 1 OLEFINS AT TEXAS CITY ON STREAM NEW ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT BUILT AT TEXAS CITY TEXAS CITY BUTANOL UNIT ON STREAM ETHANOL UNIT (SULFURIC ACID PROCESS) STARTED UP AT TEXAS CITY NO. 2 VINYL CHLORIDE UNIT (EDC PYROLYSIS) COMPLETED AT SO. CHARLESTON NO. 2 & 3 NONSOLVENT VINYL RESINS UNITS BUILT AT SO. CHARLESTON 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYLDIETHANOL AMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF 2,4 PENTANEDIONE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF PEG 600 BUREAU OF SHIPS CONTRACTS WITH DUPONT FOR POLYETHYLENE PLT. BY MAR. '43 LINDE INDEPENDENTLY STARTS POLYETHYLENE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM LINDE POLYETHYLENE PILOT PLANT STARTED UP (100 LBS./DAY) CABLE SAMPLES PRODUCED FROM RESIN FROM LINDE POLYETHYLENE PILOT PLANT LINDE POLYETHYLENE PILOT PLANT OPERATES 240 LBS./DAY FOR 1 YR. BUREAU OF SHIPS CONTRACTS WITH UCC FOR 1.5 MM LBS./YR. POLYETHYLENE PLT. 2-ETHYLHEXANEDIOL INSECT REPELLANT DISCOVERED AT SO. CHARLESTON UCC ASKED TO PARTICPATE IN THE "MANHATTAN PROJECT' (URANIUM ENRICHMENT' TEXAS CITY PLANT FOUND TO BE SUBSIDING SR M SR P SR P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SI F AG P HP F HP P GE F GE M OL1 P SO P SO P SO F VP M P VP SP SP AG OX OX HP HP HP HP HP HP HP HP HP GE OL1 P SR P SR P SR F OL1 F OX SO SO VP VP SP SP OX HP HP HP HP HP HP M AG P GE M OL1 F 10 . UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 ACETIC ACID/ANHYDRYDE UNIT INSTALLED AT TEXAS CITY SO F ACETONE UNIT STARTED UP AT TEXAS CITY SO F 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF TRICHLORETHANE SP P 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF 2-ETHYLHEXANEDIOL SP P BUILT INSTITUTE & LOUISVILLE PUNTS SR F STARTED SHIPPING BUTADIENE FROM INSTITUTE SR P EMULSION VINYL RESINS PROCESS DEVELOPMENT WORK STARTED NEW COMPOSITION OF MATTER UCON LUBRICANT 50-HB-260 PRODUCED(HYDRAULIC FL) NEW COMPOSITION OF MATTER UCON LUBRICANT 50-HB-400 PRODUCED(HYDRAULIC FL) NEW COMPOSITION OF MATTER UCON LUBRICANT 50-HB-70 PRODUCED(HYDRAULIC FL) 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF "CARBOWAX" MPG 350 & 550 VP M ox P ox P ox P ox P POLYETHYLENE STEERING COMM. FORMED (USA, INDUSTRY & CABLE PRODUCERS) HP M WAR PRODUCTION BOARD STARTS ALLOCATION OF POLYETHYLENE SHIPMENTS 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "UCON" LUBRICANTS LB-135, 250 & 400 HP M ox P 1ST COMMERCIAL TUBULAR PRODUCTION OF POLYETHYLENE BY UCC HP P OVER 75% OF BUTADIENE FOR SYNTHETIC RUBBER PROGRAM CAME FROM SR P CARBIDES ALCOHOL PROCESS SR P DUPONT BUILDS 1ST AUTOCUVE POLYETHYLENE PUNT UNDER ICI LICENSE HP F UCC PRODUCES 4.4 MM LBS. POLYETHYLENE FOR NAVY RADAR INSUUTION NEEDS HP P STARTED SHIPPING STYRENE FROM INSTITUTE SR P I G FARBEN BUILD TUBUUR POLYETHLYENE PUNT IN GERMANY HP F ACETYLENE IN ETHYLENE REDUCED TO 0.05% BY HYDROGENATION OL1 P 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF CARBOWAX METHOXY PEG 350 OX P 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF CARBOWAX METHOXY PEG 550 OX P NEW COMPOSITION OF MATTER UCON LUBRICANT LB-135 PRODUCED(MOTOR OILS) OX P NEW COMPOSITION OF MATTER UCON LUBRICANT LB-250 PRODUCED(MOTOR OILS) OX P NEW COMPOSITION OF MATTER UCON LUBRICANTLB-400 PRODUCED(MOTOR OILS) OX P UCC CONTRACTS TO OPERATE THE MASSIVE GASEOUS DIFFUSION PUNT K-25 NU M GASEOUS DIFFUSION PROCESS CONSTRUCTION STARTED NU F 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ALLYL ALCOHOL SP P 1ST 55 GAC. SALE OF ALLYL CHLORIDE SP P 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF EPICHLORHYDRIN SP P ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE MARKETED AS GRAIN FUMIGANT AG P SMALL AMOUNT OF ALLETHRIN PRODUCED AT SO. CHARLESTON & SOLD AG P NON-IONIC SURFACTANTS & GLYCOL ETHERS BEING SOLD TO AG CHEM INDUSTRIES AG P PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC PYRATHOIDS (ALLETHRIN) DEVELOPED AG P GEORGE OLIVER CURME RECEIVED THE WILURD GIBBS MEDAL FROM THE ACS GE M CHEMICAL HYGIENE FELLOWSHIP PIONEERED "RANGE FINDING TESTS" CONCEPT Ml M PATENT APPLIC. VINYL CHLORIDE-ACETATE-ALCOHOL COPOYMERS -`50-2,512,726 VP P R & D WORK STARTED ON ACRYLONITRILE PROCESS OX P CONTRACT TO PRODUCE "BARRIER" (KEY COMPONENT OF GASEOUS DIFFUSION PROCESS) NU M 10 11 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY GROWTH (1945 to 1960) 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF STABILIZER D-22 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF 2,3-DICHLORPROPANOL-l (VIA ALLYL ALCOHOL) AUTOMATED COAL MINING MACHINE BUILT AND OPERATED BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE ESTABLISHED (UC&CC FUNDED) CONSIDERED ABANDONING THE POLYETHYLENE BUSINESS VINYL RESIN VAGH (WIDER COMPATABILITY, HYDROXY TYPE) INTRODUCED UCC ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAM LABORATORIES 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF HEXYLENE GLYCOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIPROPYL TRIAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "FLEXOL" TOF 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL MORPHOLINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF MONOETHYLHEXYLAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF 2-ETHYLHEXANEDIOL ' 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF "FLEXOL" 8N8 2-ETHYLHEXANEDIOL PATENTED AS INSECT REPELLANT HEXYLENE GLYCOL INTRODUCED FROM L P HYDROGENATION OF DIACETONE ALCOHOL EMULSION VINYL RESINS PRODUCTION UNIT STARTED UP IN SO. CHARLESTON ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION FORMED - NUCLEAR ENERGY UNDER CIVILIAN CONTROL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYL BUTYL KETONE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHOXY TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF 2-METHYL PENTANOL-1 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF PYRUVIC ALDEHYDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF FUNGICIDE 341 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF SORBIC ACID 341 FUNGICIDE (GLYODIN) INTRODUCED FOR APPLES . PEARS AND CHERRIES INTRODUCED TERGITOL NONIONIC EH INTRODUCED TERGITOL ANIONIC P-28 Y-12 ELECTROMAGNETIC SEPARATION PLANT SHUT DOWN Y-12 CONVERTED TO OTHER PURPOSES UNDER UCC CONTROL SORBIC.& PROP[ONIC ACID DERIVA7VES INTRODUCED AS SILAGE PRESERVATIVE UC&CC PROCURES INSTITUTE PLANT FELLOWSHIP LODGED WITH PHYSICS DEPT. AT COLUMBIA UNJV. LED TO LASER STARTED PILOT PLANT FOR PARTIAL OXIDATION OF METHANE TO ACETYLENE ETHYL PROPYL ACROLEIN PRODUCED AT INSTITUTE PLANT ACETONE UNIT STARTED UP AT INSTITUTE SOLVENT & NON-SOLVENT VINYL RESINS FACILITIES STARTED UP AT TEXAS CITY 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACETOACET-O-ANISIDIDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACTOACET-P-PHENETIDIDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACETOPHENONE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIISOBUTYL CARBINOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF CRAG FLY REPELLENT #1 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ISOPROPYL AMINE CRAG FLY REPELLANT (BUTOXYPPG) 1ST PROPRIETARY AG PRODUCT OCCUPATIONAL INJURY LOST TIME LOWEST IN CORPORATE HISTORY STANDARD OF IND. PATENT Ni ON C AND Mo03 FOR POLYETHYLENE NO. 2 OLEFINS AT TEXAS CITY ON STREAM MIXED KETONE PROCESS STARTED UP AT INSTITUTE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY ADDED TO UCC ROLE IN ATOMIC ENERGY 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTANEDIOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF DIETHYL AMINE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ETHYL ACRYLATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF "TERGITOL" NPG 101 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF TETRAHYDROPHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF TRIETHYL AMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF PPG 425 &2025 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "FLEXOL" 3CF 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF PHENYL METHYL CARBINOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF HEXYL "CELLOSOLVE" LP VP p SP p CH M GE M PE M VP P NU M SO P SP P VP P SP P SP P SP P VP P AG P SO P VP F NU M SO P SP P SO P SP P AG P SP P AG OX P OX P NU F NU F AG PGE F GE M OL1 F SO P SO F VP F SP P SP P SP P so P AG P SP P AG P GE M M OL1 F SO F NU M SP P SP P SP P OX P SP P SP P OX P VP P SP P ox P 12 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1949 1949 1949 1949 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1952 1952 1952 1952 1952 1952 1952 1952 1952 1952 1952 AN AG CHEMICALS GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE FINE CHEMICALS DIV. RESEARCH CENTER (TECH CENTER) AT SO.CHARLESTON COMPLETED CORPORATE STRUCTURE CHANGED TO HOLDING COMPANY WITH INDEPENDANT DIVISIONS FIRST PROCESS CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR IN CARBIDE (NO. 1 OLEFINS) 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACETOACET-P-CHLORANILIDE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACROLEIN 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYL ACRYLATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF DIETHYLAMINOETHYL AMINE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF "FLEXOL" PLASTICIZER A-26 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ISODECANOL 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF NONYL ACETATE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL ETHYL PYRIDINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF PEG AMINE 175 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ALLYL CINNERIN CRAG GLYODIN WAS INTRODUCED FOR COMMERCIAL SALE STARTED UP TEXAS CITY "C" GAS UNIT (ACETYLENE FROM METHANE) NO. 1 OLEFINS AT INSTITUTE ON STREAM CELLOSIZE PRODUCTION MOVED TO NIAGARA FALLS PLANT - SLURRY PROCESS NEW ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT BUILT AT INSTITUTE OX NEW ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT BUILT AT WHITING DYNEL FIBER PLANT BUILT AT SO. CHARLESTON DEVELOPMENT WORK STARTED ON SUSPENSION VINYL RESIN PROCESS DYNEL RESIN PRODUCTION UNIT CONSTRUCTED AT SO. CHARLESTON EMULSION VINYL PROCESS DEVELOPED FOR PLASTISOLS AND ORGANISOLS CELLOSIZE PRODUCTION MOVED TO NIAGRA FALLS EARLY '50s -GASEOUS DIFFUSION EXTENDED TO FACILITIES AT PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF AMYL ALCOHOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYL OCTANOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF CALCIUM ACRYLATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF "CRAG" 341 (HEPTADECYL GLYOXYALIDINE ACETATE) 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF Dl (METHYL "CELLOSOLVE" ) MALEATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ETHOXYPROPIONALDEHYDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ETHYL FORMATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF HYDROXY ETHYL DIETHYLENE TRIAMINE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF METHYL ACRYLATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF PROPIONALDEHYDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLHEXYL CHLORIDE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLENE CHLORHYDRIN (85%) 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "FLEXOL" 2GB 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL MONOETHANOLAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ISOPROPENYL ACETATE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF VINYL BUTYL ETHER 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF "FLEXOL" R-2H 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF CRAG GLYODIN C&CCC TOOK OVER AG PRODUCTS COAL HYDROGENATION PLANT OPERATING AT INSTITUTE WV COAL HYDROGENATION DEMONSTRATION UNIT AT INSTITUTE STARTED UP DEVELOPMENTAL PERACETIC ACID UNIT BUILT FOWLER AND DENISON "DISCOVER" POLYETHYLENE OXIDE - POLYOX 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF GAMMA-PICOLINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF BUTOXY ETHOXY PROPANOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIISOPROPYL ETHANOLAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHOXY ETHOXY PROPANOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF N-ETHYL ETHANOLAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ALPHA-PICOLINE UCC STAFF AT BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE SET UP AS A SEPARATE AG GROUP BOUND BROOK PLANT & MIDDLESEX COUNTY SEWERAGE AUTHORITY PLAN TREATMENT POLYETHYLENE LICENSING RESOLVED IN ANTI-TRUST AGREEMENT BETWEEN ICI & US GOV.PE SEADRIFT PLANT BEING BUILT ETHYL ACRYLATE PRODUCED IN PILOT FACILITY IN FINE CHEMICALS AT SO. CHARLESTON AG M GE F GE M OL1 F SP P SP P SP P SP P VP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP AG P OL1 F OL1 F OX F F OX F VP F VP M VP F VP M OX F NU F SP P SP P SP P AG P SP P SP P SP P OX P SP P SP P SP P OX P VP P OX P SP P SP P VP P AG P AG M CH F CH F SO F OX M SP P SP P SP P SP P OX P SP P AG M HS M M GE F SO P 12 13 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1952 1952 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 CARBOWAX UNIT INSTALLED AT INSTITUTE ACRYLONITRILE UNIT BUILT AT INSTITUTE (ETHYLENE OXIDE AND HYDROGEN CYANIDE) OXIDE ADDUCTS UNIT STARTED UP AT INSTITUTE INTRODUCED TERGITOL NP-14 INTRODUCED TERGITOL NP-27 INTRODUCED TERGITOL NP-35 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF VINYL BUTARATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACROLEIN DIMER 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF N-AMINO PHENYLMETHYL CARBINOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYL ACETANALIDE FUNGICIDE CRAG 658 (CU-ZN CHROMATE) SOLD FOR POTATOES & TOMATOES PATENT APPL. FOR 1 -NAPHTHYL-N-METHYL CARBAMATE (LATER SEVIN) KIRKPATRICK AWARD TO CARBIDE FOR COAL HYDROGENATION R&D BEGINS WATER POLLUTION TESTING PHILLIPS PETROLIUM PATENTS Cr03/Si02 CATALYSTS ZIEGLER PATENTS AIR3/TiCI4 CATALYST EXPANDED TEXAS CITY "C" GAS UNIT (ACETYLENE FROM METHANE) ETHANOL UNIT (DIRECT HYDRATION OF ETHYLENE) STARTED AT INSTITUTE TEGITOL SURFACTANTS RECOGNIZED AMONG BEST WETTING AGENTS IN THE MARKET INTRODUCED TERGITOL NP-40 INTRODUCED TERGITOL TP-9 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF DECYL ACRYLATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ETHYLENE CYANOHYDRIN 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIETHYLAMINE PROPYLAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF 1,2,6-HEXANETRIOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIMETHYLAMINO PROPYLAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF VINYL ETHYLHEXOATE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TETRA (ETHYLHEXYL) SILICATE 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF "CARBOWAX1 PEG 20N SALES OF " CRAG" HERBICIDE 1 (2.4 DICHLOROPHENOXY ETHYL SULFATE) BEGAN TORRANCE PLANT BUILT AWARD OF HONOR" TO CORPORATION FROM NATIONAL SAFETY COUNSIL AVERAGE ACCIDENT FREQUENCY RATE ABOUT 1/4 NATIONAL AVERAGE UNION CARBIDE CANADA FORMED (TO CONSOLIDATE CANADIAN ACTIVITIES ) OLEFINS UNIT NO. 1 STARTED UP AT SEADRIFT ( 360 MMPPY) WORLD'S 1ST COMPUTER CONTROLED ETHYL OXIDE UNIT STARTED AT SEADRIFT PRODUCTION OF A DRY POWDER CELLOSIZE STARTED AT NIAGARA FALLS PLANT PATENT FOR NEW CELLOSIZE PROCESS (DILUENT MEDIA) - 2.682.535 NEW ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT BUILT AT SEADRIFT UCC LICENSED ZIEGLER CATALYST PATENTS 1 ST CARBIDE HIGH PRESSURE OXO UNIT BUILT AT TEXAS CITY SO PROPIONALDEHYDE PRODUCED AT TEXAS CITY AMYL ALDEHYDE PRODUCED AT TEXAS CITY ISO OCTALDEHYDE PRODUCED AT TEXAS CITY DECYL ALDEHYDE PRODUCED AT TEXAS CITY BUTYRALDEHYDE PRODUCED AT TEXAS CITY 200 EPOXIDES SYTHESIZED IN LAB - 21 PRODUCED (20 TO 200 LBS.) FROM PERACETIC ACID ETHYL ACRYLATE AND ACRYLIC ACID UNIT BUILT AT INSTITUTE PLANT (ET CYANOHYDRIN) VINYL ACETATE UNIT INSTALLED AT SEADRIFT PRODUCTION OF DRY POWDER CELLOSIZE STARTED AT NIAGRA FALLS UCC ESTABLISHES A NUCLEAR DIVISION 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ACRYLIC ACID 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF GLUTARALDEHYDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF N-HEXYL AMINE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ISOOCTOIC ACID 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF METHACROLEIN 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF PYRIDINE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF P-TERT-BUTYL PHENOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF TRIDECYL ALCOHOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF Dl (2-ETHYLHEXYL) PHOSPHORIC ACID OX F ox F ox F ox P ox P ox P SP P SP P SP P SP P AG P AG P CH M HS M' LP M LP M OL1 F SO F OX P OX P OX P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P ox P AG P GE F GE M GE M GE OL2 F ox F OX F OX P OX F PL M F SO P SO P SO P SO P SO P SO P SO F VP F ox P NU M SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P M 14 ' UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIOXOLANE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHYLBUTYL ETHYLHEXYL SILICATE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ETHOXYDIHYDROPYRAN 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF N-ETHYL MORPHOLINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIHYDROXYETHYL DIETHYLENE TRIAMINE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TERGITOL" EH 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF NIAX" TRIOL 230 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF N-METHYL BUTYL AMINE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF MIXED PENTANALS COMPOUND #7744 (SEVIN) RECEIVES EXPERIMENTAL LABEL FOR TRIALS ON APPLES SEVIN" TEST MARKETED MAJOR NEW PETROCHEMICAL PLANT BUILT AT SEADRIFT RESEARCH & ENGINEERING CENTER AT SO. CHARLESTON BUILT SEADRIFT & TEXAS CITY POLYETHYLENE UNITS ON STREAM UCC LICENSED PHILLIPS CATALYST PATENTS & PROCESS DESIGNS OXO UNIT USII$G TUBULAR REACTORS STARTED UP AT TEXAS CITY UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO. ESTABLISHED SISTERSVILLE SILICONE PLANT STARTED UP 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYL GLYCIDYL ETHER 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF "CELLOSIZE" WP-4000 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF DIALLYL AMINE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF "FLEXOL" 380 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF AMINOETHYL HYDROGEN SULFATE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF HYDROXYETHYL PIPERAZINE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL PENTANOIC ACID 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF N-PENTALDEHYDE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF N-METHYL PIPERAZINE 1 ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TRI ISOOCTYL AMINE UNION CARBIDE OLEFINS CO. ESABLISHED UNION CARBIDE SILICONE DIVISION ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY VISKING CO. FORMED IN JANUARY GAS-PHASE POLYMERIZATION OF STYRENE - ZIEGER/NATTA CAT - FARNHAM.STAMPA CONCEPTION OF GAS FLUIDIZED-BED POLIMERIZATION OF OLEFINS (DAVISON) UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS CO. ESABLISHED MAJOR NEW PETROCHEMICAL PLANT BUILT AT TORRANCE TORRANCE PLANT AT STARTUP REQUIRED TO MEET AIR & WATER STANDARDS SO. CHARLESTON PLANT & CITY OF SO. CHARLESTON PLAN JOINT WASTE TREATMENT MAJOR NEW SILICONE PLANT BUILT AT SISTERSVILLE POLYETHYLENE FILM BECOMES POPULAR IN AG AS MULCH COAL HYDROGENATION DEMONSTRATION UNIT AT INSTITUTE SHUT DOWN TORRENCE CA PUNT ON STREAM POLYETHYLENE & CHEMICALS PUNT BUILT IN BOMBAY , INDIA TORRANCE POLYETHYLENE UNIT ON STREAM POLYETHYLENE PUNTS BUILT AT CUBATOA, BRAZIL POLYETHYLENE PUNTS BUILT AT GRANGEMOUTH, SCOTUND UCC INVENTS HI-YIELD TETRAPHENYLTIN/AICI/VCI4 ("C") CATALYST OLEFINS UNIT NO. 1 STARTED UP AT TORRANCE NEW ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT BUILT AT TORRANCE NEW ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT BUILT AT PONCE 375 EPOXIDES HAD BEEN SYNTHYSIZE IN UB BY 1956, MANY OF WHICH WERE NEW SOME VINYL RESINS ADAPTED TO SPRAY DRYING "VINYLITE" CHANGED TO "BAKELITE VINYL RESINS" 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF CALCIUM PROPIONATE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF DIBUTYL TIN DICHLORIDE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF DIMETHYL MORPHOLINE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF DI-N-PROPYL AMINE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF N-PROPLYL AMINE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF SODIUM PROPIONATE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF TETRAHYDROBENZALDEHYDE 1 ST 55 GAL. SALE OF VALERIC ACID SP p SP p SP p SP p ox p ox p ox p SP p SP p AG M P GE F GE F HP F LP M SO F NU M SI F SP P OX P SP P VP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P GE M GE M GE M LP M LP M GE M GE F HS F HS F GE F AG M CH F GE F GE F HP F HP F HP F LP M OL1 F OX F OX F SO P VP M VP M SP P VP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P 14 15 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1959 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF AMINO-BIS-PROPYL AMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF AMI NOETHYL PIPERAZINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TRIETHOXY BUTANE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "UNOX" EPOXIDE 201 & 205 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF ISODECANOIC ACID VISKING CORP. ACQUIRED VIA STOCK TRANSFER IN DECEMBER 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL BUTANOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF 2-METHYL-2-ETHYL DIOXOLANE 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF "NIAX" TRIOLS LH2 SERIES 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF POLYGLYCOL DIAMINE H-221 MED FLY ATTRACTANT PRODUCED FOR USDA (ISOPROPYL ESTER OF 6 METHYL 3 CYCLOHEXENE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID ) OXO UNIT USING TUBULAR REACTORS STARTED UP AT SEADRIFT OXO UNIT USING TUBULAR REACTORS STARTED UP AT PONCE "MYLONE" INTRODUCED AS SOIL FUMIGANT 1ST TOtfOF "SEVIN" PRODUCED AT NIAGRA FALLS SITE POLYOX" SEED TAPE INTRODUCED PILOT PRODUCTION OF LATEXES BEGUN IN 500 GAL. REACTOR AT SO. CHARLESTON UNION CARBIDE AND CARBON CORP. RENAMED UNION CARBIDE CORP. WHITING POLYETHYLENE UNITON STREAM STARTED OPERATION ZIEGLER PLANT FOR HDPE USING UCC DEVELOPED PROCESS FIRST GENERATION SOLUTION PROCESS FOR FIBER-GRADE POLYPROPYLENE DEVELOPED ATTRACTIVE OUTLET FOR SILICONES DEVELOPED IN URETHANE FOAM MANUFACTURER NEW ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT BUILT AT HYTHE, GREAT BRITAIN 1ST PRODUCTION OF POLYOX (FINE CHEMICALS UNIT AT SO. CHARLESTON) MORE DIRECT ROUTE TO ACRYLONITRILE DEVELOPED 1ST USABLE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF POLYOX WATER SOLUBLE RESIN 35 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYLENE OXIDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYLENE CHLORHYDRIN 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF 1,3-DIAMINOPROPANE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF DIETHYLCYCLOHEXENE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF METHACRYLONITRILE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF METHYL AMINOPROPYL AMINE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF NONYL PHENOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF THIOXANE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF 1,2,3-TTRICHLOROPROPANE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF METHYL PROPYL PROPANEDIOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF CYANOETHOXYETHYL ACRYLATE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF DIPROPYLENE TRIAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "NIAX" TRIOL LK-380 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF POTASSIUM SORBATE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OFN.N.N'.N'-TETRAMETHYL-1.3-BUTANE DIAMINE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF 1.1,3-TRIMETHOXY BUTANE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF VISCOSITY INDEX IMPROVER D-120 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF 'NIAX" TRIOL LHT-34 & 56 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF "POLYOX" WATER SOLUBLE RESIN 35 CHEMICAL HYGIENE FELLOWSHIPS "PRINCIPLE OF TOXICOLOGICAL INSIGNIFICANCE- GAINED GENERAL ACCEPTANCE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF "SEVIN" STARTED PATENT APPLIC. FOR INSECTICIDE SEVIN -'59-2,903,478 TEXAS CITY PLANT PROVIDED NATURAL BIO TREATMENT OF WASTE IN SERIES OF LAGOONS PRESSURIZED FLUIDIZED BED BURNER FOR COAL PILOT PLANT AT INSTITUTE STABLE POLYVINYLACETATE LATEX DEVELOPED MAJOR ADDITIONS (RESEARCH, ENGINEERING & DEVELOPEMENT) TO TECH CENTER BROWNSVILLE PLANT PURCHASED CHEMICAL PLANT BUILT AT PONCE, PR STARTED-UP PHILLIPS SOLUTION PROCESS PLANT FIBERGLASS SIZING 1ST MAJOR SILICONE USE INTRODUCED TERGITOL NP-44 INTRODUCED TERGITOL TMN-19 SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P GE M SP P SP P OX P SP P AG P AG P SO F 50 F AG P AG P AG P EP F GE M HP F LP F LP P 51 M OX F OX P OX P OX P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P OX P SP P SP P SP P SP P OX P OX P Ml M Ml M AG P AG P HS F CH EP P GE F GE F GE F LP F SI P OX P OX P M 15 10 Ubt IIMb-LINfc EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 INTRODUCED TERGITOL E-35 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF STYRENE OXIDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYLENE OXIDE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF 3-AMINO PROPANOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BUTYLENE GLYCOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF 2-CYANOETHYL ACRYLATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ETHYL BUTYL AMINE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF PLASTICIZER EPO 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF N-GLYCIDYL DIETHYLAMINE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ISOBUTYLNITRILE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ISOHEXANOL 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ISOPENTANOIC ACID 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF EPSILON-CAPROLACTONE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF TETRACHLORPROPANE 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "NIAX" TRIOL LHT-28 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF2-METHYL-2-ETHYL-1,3-PROPANEDIOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "UNOX" EPOXIDE 206 & 207 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "SEVIN" INSECTICIDE AG CHEM RESEARCH AT CLAYTON NC IN OPERATION SO. CHARLESTON & INSTITUTE PLAN FOR 40% BOD REDUCTION BY 1963 COAL HYDROCARBONIZATION RESEARCH INITIATED NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER AND RESEARCH FACILITY BUILT AT TARRYTOWN CHEMICAL HYGIENE FELLOWSHIP MOVED TO BUSHY RUN TEXAS CITY WASTE TREATMENT LAGOONS BUILT ORIGINAL PONCE, PUERTO RICO PLANT STARTED UP 150 POLYETHYLENE PRODUCTS SOLD OLEFINS UNIT NO. 1 STARTED UP AT PONCE PERACETIC ACID FAILITIES BUILT AT INSTITUTE WV OX P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P SP P OX P SP P SP P AG P AG F HS M CH M GE F HS M HS F GE F HP P OL2 F SP F 16 17 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY V GROWING PAINS (1960 to 1970) 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF N-BU7YRONITRILE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF "CELLOSOLVE" ACRYLATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF EPOXIDIZED OLEATE 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF FLEXOL" EP-6 & EP-8 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF HEPANOL-2 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF BISPHENOL-A 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF ISOBUTYL "CELLOSOLVE" 1ST 55 GAL. SALE OF "UCON" PROPELLANT 11 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "UNOX" EPOXIDE 269 & 2061 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "UNOX" POLYEPOXIDE S-71 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF HEXYL ETHYL "CARBITOL" 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF 2-MERCAPTOPROPANOL 1ST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION IN US OF "UCON" DIESTER JL-6 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF "NIAX" HEXOL LS-490 1ST SALE NEW MOLECULE OR MIX OF "NIAX" PENTOLS LA-475 & 700 INTRODUCED TERGITOL NONIONIC 12-M-10 INTRODUCED TERGITOL NONIONIC 12-P-6 INTRODUCED TERGITOL NP-33 MAJOR NEW PETROCHEMICAL PLANT BUILT AT BROWNSVILLE "SEVIN" UNIT AT INSTITTUTE PLANT ON STREAM POLYVINYLACETATE LATEX "TAKES OFF" IN READY-MIX TAPE JOINT COMPOUND NEW 52 STORY CORPORATE OFFICE AT 270 PARK AVE. NYC COMPLETED & OCCUPIED 1000 GAL. REACTOR AT SO. CHARLESTON RETROFITED FOR LATEX MANUFACTURE DECISION TO FORWARD INTEGRATE INTO THE LATEX BUSINESS MADE CORPORATION HAS 28 MODERN RESEARCH LABORATORIES DEVELOPED ZIEGLER CATALYZED SOLUTION PROCESS FOR MED.- & HIGH-DENSITY PE HIGH-YIELD TiCI4/Si02 CALALYSTS PATENTED BY CABOT HIGH-YIELD CATALYST DEVELOPED BY PHILLIPS FOR PARTICLE-FORM PROCESS ETHANOL UNIT (DIRECT HYDRATION OF ETHYLENE) STARTED AT TEXAS CITY ETHANOLUNIT AT WHITING SHUT DOWN METHANOL UNIT AT SO. CHARLESTON SHUT DOWN PERACETIC ACID UNIT AT INSTITUTE BEGAN OPERATION VYNV VINYL RESINS FACILITIES USED FOR INTERIM PRODUCTION OF SEVIN 1 ST CARLOAD "SEVIN" SHIPPED FROM NEW INSTITUTE UNIT ' EGYPTIAN AIRLIFT OF "SEVIN" (150 AIRCRAFT) US PATENT 3.009.886 RECEIVED FOR SEVIN BROWNSVILLE TX PLANT PRODUCTION STARTED HI-YIELD PIBOAO/CHROMIUM 2-ETHYLHEXANOATE ("E") CAT DEVELOPED BY WILSON (UCC) PROTOTYPE WULFF REGENERATIVE FURNACE STARTED AT INSTITUTE WV PATENT APPLIC. ORGANOSILOXANE-SILICATE COPOLYMERS -'67-3,337,496 BUTANE OXIDATION FACILITIES STARED UP AT BROWNSVILLE ACRYLONITRILE PRODUCTION TERMINATED OLEFINS 2 STARTED AT SEADRIFT OLEFINS 1 STARTED AT TAFT 5 MW NUCLEAR REACTOR BUILT FOR RESEARCH AND RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION RIGID POLYOLS UNIT AT INSTITUTE STARTED UP C&P RESEARCH DEPT. ASSUMED ADMINISTRATION OF THE CHEMICAL HYGIENE FELLOWSHIP AT MELLON NEW MIC PROCESS FOR "SEVIN" STARTED AT INSTITUTE PLANT COAL HYDROGENATION ABANDONED COAL HYDROCARBONIZTION PILOT PLANT AT INSTITUTE STARTED UP INSTITUTE PLANT USES GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR WASTEWATER ANALYSIS UCC INVENTED HIGH-YIELD CARRICK CATALYST, SILYLCHROMATE/Si02 STARTED-UP PHILLIPS PARTICLE-FORM PROCESSAT SEADRIFT, 25MMPPY BASF DISCLOSED GAS-PHASE PROCESS WITH PHILLIPS CATALYST BENCH SCALE POLYETHYLENE FLUIDIZED-BED STUDY STARTED WITH "E" CATALYST OLEFINS UNIT NO. 2 STARTED UP AT SEADRIFT (440 MMPPY) SUSPENSION VINYL RESIN UNIT AT TEXAS CITY STARTED UP SP P SP P SP P VP P SP P SP P ox P SP P SP P SP P ox P SP P SP ox P ox P ox P ox P ox P GE F AG F EP P GE F EP F EP M GE F LP P LP M LP M SO F SO F SO F SO F VP M AG P AG P AG P GE F LP M OL1 F P SO F OX F OL2 F OL2 F NU F OX F Ml M M AG F CH F CH M HS M LP M LP F LP M LP P OL2 F VP F P 17 18 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 "SIRMATE" (HERBICIDE) SYNTHESIZED "DESSIN" AND "TRANID" (AG CHEMICALS) IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PHASE UCC ACQUIRES E-Z FLO CHEMICAL, LANSING MICHIGAN - AG CHEM DISTRIBUTOR UCC ACQUIRES TAYLOR CHEMICAL, ABERDEEN, NC -AG CHEM DISTRIBUTOR UCC ACQUIRES TIDE PRODUCTS, EDINBURG, TX - AG CHEM & FERTILIZER DISTRIB. UCC ACQUIRES SOIL SERV, SALINAS, CA - PESTICIDE DISTRIBUTOR & APPLICATOR "TEMIK" (SYSTEMIC INSECTICIDE) SYNTHESIZED 2700 T/D COAL HYDROCARBONIZATION PROJECT TERMINATED FIRST LATEX PLANT PLACED IN OPERATION KANAWHA VALLEY PLANTS INSTALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS OVER 1000 DIFFERENT PLASTIC FORMULATIONS OF 7 BASIC TYPES SOLD MORE THAN 400 DIFFERENT SYNTHETIC ORGANICS SOLD CHEMICALS DIVISION FORMED PLASTICS DIVISION FORMED 1ST COMPANY TO PRODUCE 1 BILLION POUNDS OF POLYETHYLENE PER YEAR DIVESTITURE"OF 3 POLYETHYLENE FILM PLANTS TO ETHYL POLYETHYLENE FILM PLANT STARTED IN OTTAWA IL (MOTIVATED BY GLAD) POLYETHYLENE FILM PLANT STARTED IN WAYNE NJ (MOTIVATED BY GLAD) SHUT DOWN ZIEGLER POLYETHYLENE PLANT HIGH-YIELD CARRICK CHROMOCENE CATALYST INVENTED AT UCC STARTED LARGE NEW CELLOSIZE UNIT AT INSTITUTE, WV TOLYLENE DIISOCYANATE UNIT INSTALLED AT INSTITUTE NIAGARA UNIT CELLOSIZE UNIT SHUT DOWN ROCKET PROPULSION PROGRAM INITIATED TEST FIRING OF "CARBITRON" 141 GRAINS ABOUT 100 DIFFERENT SILICONE PRODUCT SOLD VYNV VINYL RESINS SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN - EXPANSION OF QYNV BEGUN CHEMICALS & PLASTIC GROUP 1 FORMED CARBON PRODUCTS, GASES AND METALS GROUP II FORMED CONSUMERS AND RELATED PRODUCTS GROUP III FORMED INTERNATIONAL GROUP llll FORMED OLEFINS & CHENICALS ENGINEERING GROUPS COMBINED UNDER ONE VP VALLEY AG (AN AG CHEM DISTRIBUTOR IN CALIFORNIA) ACQUIRED OLD SUSPENSION PVC UNIT AT SO. CHARLESTON REBUILT FOR LATEX MANUFACTURE UCC COMMERCIALIZED SILYL CHROMATE/ & CHROMOCENE/Si02 CATS IN PHILLIPS PF PLT. BENCH-SCALE STUDY OF CARRICK PE CATALYST SILYL CHROMATE/SILICA/AIR3 ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE LOW-DENSITY PEMADE IN BENCH-SCALE REACTOR (WILSON CAT) 300 MPPY-STYRENE UNIT COMPLETED AT SEADRIFT CABAMATE PLANT EXPANSION (USING MIC) COMPLETED AT INSTITUTE WV C&P ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ESTABISHES POLLUTION ABATEMENT GROUP INSTITUTE PLANT DESIGNS MODERN LANDFILL FOR CHEMICAL WASTES UCCL STARTED-UP "E" SLURRY PLANT AT MONTREAL EAST, 20MMPPY SILICONE WORK TRANSFERED FROM LINDE TO TARRYTOWN BUTANE OXIDATION PLANT NO. 2 STARTED UP AT BROWNSVILLE PERACETIC ACID UNIT AT INSTITUTE EXPANDED ABS PLASTICS UNIT COMPLETED AT BOUNDBROOK NJ POLYSULFONE & PARYLENE ATTAIN COMMERCIAL STATUS SUSPENSION VINYL RESIN UNIT AT TEXAS CITY EXPANDED AG PRODUCTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT ("TRANID,SIRMATE.DESBIN,TEMIK") JENNAT LATEX FACILITY IN GARDENA CA ACQUIRED 1ST UNITS AT TAFT LA PLANT WENT ON STREAM ETHYLENE/VINYL ACETATE PLASTICS INTRODUCED HIGH-YIELD Mg/Ti CHLORIDES/MgOH CATALYST PATENTED BY SOLVAY START-UP OF HOPE FLUID-BED PILOT PLANT WITH SILYL CHROMATE/SILICA/AIR3 CAT CUMENE UNIT INSTALLED AT BOUND BROOK AMMONIA UNIT BUILT AT TEXAS CITY MUNOZ ORGANIZES AN AG CHEM DIVISION OF UCIL IN INDIA MIC SHIPPED BY PUBLIC CARRIER (SPECIAL CONTAINERS) UCC&P ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL TEAM FORMED MELLON INST. MERGED WITH CARNAGIE TO FORM CARNAGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY SILICONE DIVISION INTEGRATED INTO GROUP 1 AG P AG P AG F AG F AG F AG F AG P CO F EP F HS F GE M GE M GE M GE M GE P HP F HP F HP F LP F LP M OX F OX F OX F RP M SI M VP F GE M GE M GE M GE M GE M AG F EP F LP M LP M LP P SP F AG F HS M HS F LP F SI M SO F SO F SP F SP P VP F AG P EP F F HP P LP M LP P SO F SO F AG M AG P HS M GE M GE M 18 19 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 DIVESTITUE OF EUROPEAN PLANTS & LABS (BRITISH PETROLEUM) MELLON MERGED WITH CARNEGIE TO FORM CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY TAFT OLEFINS UNIT NO. 1 STARTED UP SEADRIFT OLEFINS UNIT NO.2 INCREASED TO 740 MMPPY. NEW ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT BUILT AT TAFT PERACETIC ACID UNIT AT TAFT BEGAN OPERATION CAPORLACTONE AND CAPROLACTAM UNITS BUILT AT TAFT PLANT PERACETIC UNIT AT TAFT LA ON STREAM VINYL CHLORIDE PRODUCTION TERMINATED AT SO. CHARLESTON & TEXAS CITY UCC ACQUIRES LA LITTORALE, A FRENCH FORMULATED PESTICIDE COMPANY CONTRACT WITH THIOKOL ROCKET FUEL PLANT IN WOODBINE GA TO PRODUCE TEMIK HIGH-YIELD TiCI4/MgOHCI CATALYST PATENTED BY HOECHST PLANT-SCALE PE FLUID-BED REACTOR USING SILYL CHROMATE/SILICA/AIR3 ON STREAM ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE LDPE MADE BENCH-SCALE WITH CHROMOCENE/SILICA CAT S.C.NO. 2 OLEFINS SHUT DOWN AFTER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE OLEFINS UNIT NO. 3 STARTED UP AT TEXAS CITY ETHYLENE OXIDE & DERIVATIVES PLANT DEDICATED AT ANTWERP, BELGIUM EXPLOSION IN PERACETIC ACID UNIT AT TAFT CAPROLACTONE UNIT AT TAFT REBUILT CAPROLACTAM UNIT AT TAFT TERMINATED ACRYLIC ACID & ACRYLIC ESTERS UNITS ON STREAN AT TAFT (ACROLEIN) SYNTHESIS VINYL ACETATE UNIT BUILT IN SO. CHARLESTON UNOX WASTEWATER TREATMENT INTRODUCED UCC&P CENTERAL SAFETY GROUP FORMED LINDE MARKETS "UNOX" SYSTEM C&P OPERATIONAL SAFETY SURVEY PROGRAM INITIATED DECISION NOT TO PURSUE SILICONE RTVS 7 RESINS ACRYLATES UNIT (WOLDS LARGEST) ON STREAM AT TAFT LA LARGE SCALE POLYOX UNIT STARTED UP GE F Ml M OL2 F OL2 F OX F SO F SO F SP F VP F AG F AG M LP M LP F LP P OL1 F OL2 F OX F SO M SO F SO F 50 F VP F HS P HS M HS P HS M 51 P SP F OX F 19 20 UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY % ENERGY CRISES AND INFLATION (1970 to 1980) 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1974 1974 1978 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1975 1975 1975 1975 GROWERS SERVICE CO., LANSING, MICHIGAN SOLD TO KIRSCO CO. INSECTICIDE SEVIN NOW REGISTERED TO CONTROL 160 INSECTS ON 90 CROPS TEMIK" CLEARED FOR USE AND PRODUCED AT INSTITUTE FIRST PIPELINE SUPPLY OF LATEX STARTED - TORRENCE PLANT TO MAJOR PAINT CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT HIGH DENSITY / LOW PRESSURE POLYETHYLENE COMMERCIALIZED COMPLETE HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PRODUCT MIX COMMERCIALLY DEMONSTRATED LICENSED TWO 30,000 MT/YR FLUIDIZED-BED PE PLANTS OVERSEAS (UNIFOS & UCAL) STARTED CATALYST R&D FOR LOW & MEDIUM DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PRODUCTS SEADRIFT OLEFINS UNIT NO. 2 INCREASED TO 820 MMPPY SUSPENSION VINYL RESIN UNIT AT TEXAS CITY EXPANDED AGAIN ALSIP LATEX PLANT (TWO 3000 GAL. REACTORS) STARTED UP C&P INITIATES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS SYSTEM NEW PETROLEUM PLANT AT PONCE, PUERTO RICO ON STREAM STARTED BENCH-SCALE WORK ON VOCI3/SILICA CAT FOR LOW & MEDIUM DENSITY PE NO. 3 OLEFINS AT SOUTH CHARLESTON SHUT DOWN AG CHEM CLAYTON, NC RESEARCH STATION SHUT DOWN CLEAN WATER ACT AMENDMENTS PONCE PLANT MAJOR EXPANSION STARTS UP SHUT DOWN PHILLIPS SOLUTION PLANT STARTED PILOT PLANT WORK ON VOCI3/SILICA CAT FOR LOW & MEDIUM DENSITY PE NO. 1 OLEFINS AT INSTITUTE SHUT DOWN PONCE OLEFINS UNIT NO. 2 STARTED UP PONCE OLEFINS UNIT NO. 1 SHUT DOWN SEADRIFT OLEFINS UNIT NO. 1 EXPANDED TO 420 MMPPY CUMENE UNIT INSTALLED ATPONCE METHANOL UNIT AT TEXAS CITY SHUT DOWN NEW LICENSED CATALYST SYSTEMS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE ACRYLATES AT TAFT VINYL ACETATE PLANT BUILT AT TEXAS CITY PRICE OF CRUDE OIL AT $2 PER BARREL GARLAND TX LATEX PLANT STARTED UP SOMERSET NJ LATEX PLANT STARTED UP UCC&P SHARE GROUP FORMED NEW CELLOSIZE UNIT BUILT AT INSTITUTE - NIAGRA FALLS UNIT SHUT DOWN NEW CELLOSIZE UNIT STARTED IN ANTWERP KIRKPATRICK AWARD TO CARBIDE FOR HDPE GAS PHASE PROCESS "ENERGY CRISIS" BEGINS FUNDING APPROVED FOR "JUMBO"(200 MM LB/YR) PE FLUID-BED UNIT AT SEADRIFT STARTED PILOT PLANT TESTS OF MODIFIED CrO CAT FOR LOW & MEDIUM DENSITY PE CELLLOSIZE UNIT STARTED UP AT ANTWERP, BELGIUM BRAZIL PLANT WULFF PROCESS UNIT SHUT DOWN LOW PRESSURE OXO PILOT PLANT OPERATED AT PONCE PRICE OF CRUDE OIL AT $7 PER BARREL DECISION -TO BUILD "SEVIN" PLANT IN INDIA AG CHEM PURCHASES WOODBINE FACILITY FLEXOL PLASTICIZER 3GH REPLACED BY DOP IN VINYLS WITHDREW FROM PHTHALATE PLASTICIZER & EPOXY RESIN BUSINESS STARTED UP "JUMBO"(200 MM LB/YR) PE FLUID-BED UNIT AT SEADRIFT LICENSED FOUR 90,000-200,000 MT/YR FLUIDIZED-BED PE PLANTS OVERSEAS FIRST LLDPE WITH ALL ACCEPTABLE PROPERTIES MADE IN PILOT PLANT CHEMICAL HYGIENE FELLOWSHIP STAFF DOUBLED (TOXIC SUBST. CONTROL ACT) WITHDREW FROM PHTHALATE PLASTICIZER & EPOXY RESIN BUSINESS PRICE OF CRUDE OIL AT $11 PER BARREL INDIA INSISTS ON MIC IN PLACE OF CHLOROFORMATE FOR NEW PLANT WHITING PLANT SHUT DOWN NUCLEAR DIVISION HAD GROWN TO 15,000 EMPLOYEES FIRST PLANT RUN OF LOW DENSITY PE PRODUCTS MADE AT SEADRIFT AG M AG M AG P EP M HS M HS M LP P LP P LP M LP P OL2 F VP F F HS M GE F LP P OL1 F AG M HS M GE F LP F LP P OL1 F OL2 F OL2 F OL2 F SO F SO F SO M VP F GE M EP F EP F HS M OX F OX F GE M GE M LP F LP P OX F OL2 F SO F GE M AG M AG F OX P EP P LP F LP M LP P Ml VP P GE M AG M F NU M LP P M 20 ~ 1 uou i iivic-lii'ie: EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 PILOT-SCALE DEMO OF UNIPOL PROCESS TO POLYPROPYLENE LP P FIRST SILICONE COUPLING AGENT WAS INVENTED (+ or - 5 yrs.) SI P SILICONE ANTIFREEZE ADDITIVE DEVELOPED (CARBOWAX SILANE)(+ or - 5 yrs.) SI P MAJOR NEW SILANE USES IN POLYOLEFINS MARKETS (+ or - 5 yrs.) SI P 1ST COMMERCIAL LOW PRESSURE OXO PLANT STARTED AT TEXAS CITY SO F DYNEL RESIN UNIT AT SO. CHARLESTON SHUT DOWN VP F WOODBINE, NC PLANT PURCHASED FROM THIOKOL AG F AMCHEM DIVISION OF RORER INDUSTRIES PUSHASED AG F AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL DIVISION FORMED AG M RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT HS M GEORGE OLIVER CURME RECEIVED THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE GE M STARTED COMMERCIAL SALE OF SPECIALTY LDPE FOR EXTRUDED CABLE & PIPE LP P BEGAN LDPE CAT R&D PROGRAM TO MAKE COMMODITY FILM & MOLDING PRODUCTS LP P GULF COAST OLEFINS COMPANY FORMED 0L2 M MAJOR VINYL ACETATE UNIT BUILT AT TEXAS CITY (BAYER PROCESS) VP F ACETYLENE BASED VINYL ACETATE UNITS AT TEXAS CITY SHUT DOWN VP M TEXAS CITY NON-SOLVENT VINYL RESINS UNIT SUFFERS MAJOR EXPLOSION - THIS VP F LED TO THE DEMISE OF THE NON-SOLVENT PROCESS FOR UCC VP M BAYAMON PR LATEX PLANT GOES ON STREAM EP F INITIAL PERMIT DEADLINE FOR CLEAN WATER ACT HS M WITHDRAWAL FROM FLOROCARBONS, POLYSTYRENE & SUSPENSION VINYLS BEGUN GE M POLYETHYLENE - 1ST INLAND BARGING SYSTEM LP F LOW DENSITY / LOW PRESSURE POLYETHYLENE COMMERCIALIZED LP P UNIPOL POLYETHYLENE PROCESS ANNOUNCED LP P UCC ELECTED TO LICENSE "UNIPOL" LP M FIRST MAGNESIUM-TITANIUM-ELECTRON DONOR SUPPORTED CAT TESTED IN PILOT PLANT LP P PLANT TEST OF Mg/Ti/ED LDPE CATALYST MAKES ACCEPTABLE FILM LP P 1ST LOW PRESSURE 0X0 LICENSEE - NESTE OF SWEDEN SO M KIRKPATRICK AWARD TO CARBIDE FOR LOW PRESSURE 0X0 SO M 0X0 (LOW PRESSURE) TECHNOLOGY LICENSED SO M SUSPENSION VINYL RESIN UNIT AT TEXAS CITY SHUT DOWN (ECONOMICS-OSHA-ETC.) VP F AG CHEM'"LARVIN' IN FIELD DEVELOPMENT AG P OSHA CARCINOGEN POLICY PROPOSED HS M TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT HS M EUROPEAN PLANTS AND LABS SOLD TO BRITISH PETROLEUM CO. LTD. GE F DIVESTITURE OF MARIETTA PLANT (GULF) GE F OPTIMIZED Mg/Ti/ED LDPE CATALYST TESTED IN PLANT LP P FLEX'OL PLASTICIZER 3GH REPLACED BY DOP IN VINYLS OX P OLEFINS UNIT NO. 2 STARTED UP AT TAFT 0L2 F DIVESTITURE OF POLYSTYRENE BUSINESS SP M SO. CHARLESTON VINYL ACETATE UNIT SHUT DOWN VP F PROPRIETARY ETHYLENE OXIDE CATALYST TECHNOLOGY INCREASED CAPACITY OX P SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS OX P 130 ACRES PURCHASED AT RESEARCH TRIANGLE FOR AG PRODUCTS LOCATION AG F KIRKPATRICK AWARD TO CARBIDE FOR "UNIPOL" (LLDPE) PROCESS LP M UNIPOL" PROCESS TECHNOLOGY LICENSED LP M PRICE OF CRUDE OIL AT $23 PER BARREL GE M 21 zz UCC TIME-LINE EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY TRANSFORMATION (1980 to 1990s) 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1982 1982 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 JACQUES SEED CO. ACQUIRED DIVESTITURE OF KEYSTONE SEED (AGRINETICS) "TEMIK" GROUNDWATER & MELONS PROBLEMS START SUPERFUND ACT C&P DISSOLVED INTO 8 SEPARATE DIVISIONS UCC ASSUMED MANAGEMENT OF "THE BUSHY RUN RESEARCH CENTER" CONSTRUCTION STARTED AT SILICONES II AT SO. CHARLESTON PRICE OF CRUDE OIL AT $30 PER BARREL 5 MW NUCLEAR REACTOR SOLD TO HOFFMAN-LAROCHE HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO DANBURY NEW CELLOSIZE UNIT STARTED IN BRAZIL GROWERS SERVICE CO. SOLD TRIMETHYLCARB DEVELOPED AS SOIL INSECTICIDE SHELL CHEM(AL COMMERCIALIZES SHAC CATALYST IIN LIQUID-POOL PROCESS HENRY F. SMYTH AWARD ESABLISHED BY THE AM. ACADEMY OF INDUST. HYGIENISTS TORRENCE OLEFINS UNIT SHUT DOWN ETHYLENE AMINES MAJOR EXPANSION AT TAFT LA CELLLOSIZE UNIT STARTED UP AT ARATU, BRAZIL DIVESTITURE OF PHENOL PLANT AT BOUNDBROOK (GEORGIA PACIFIC) DIVESTITURE OF RESIN PLANT AT ELK GROVE (GEORGIA PACIFIC) METHYL CARBAMATE UNIT AUTHORIZED TO PRODUCE" BROOT, STANDAK, ZECTRAN" UCC & SHELL CHEMICAL INITIATE JOINT POLYPROPYLENE PROGRAM SILCONES II TERMINATED BROWNSVILLE TX PLANT SHUT DOWN ENZYME RESISTANT CELLOSIZE HEC PRODUCTION STARTED AT INSTITUTE INTENSE PILOT-PLANT PROGRAM TO ADAPT UNIPOL PROCESS TO SHAC CAT & PRODUCTS COMMERCIAL TRIALS OF UNIPOL POLYPROPYLENE (SHAC CAT) AT SEADRIFT UCC/SHELL ANNOUNCE 86,000 TPY POLYPROPYLENE PLANT & PROCESS LICENSING OLEFINS UNIT NO. 1 SHUT DOWN AT SEADRIFT OLEFINS UNITNO. 1 SHUT DOWN AT TORRANCE ' PRODUCTION OF ENZYME-RESISTANT CELLOSIZE STARTED AT INSTITUTE, WV GLYCOL PLANT (500M) COMPLETED AT PRENTISS, ALBERTA, CANADA THE TANKER "CHEMICAL PIONEER" LAUNCHED BUTANE OXIDATION PLANT AT BROWSVILLE TEMINATED BHOPAL TRAGEDY 12/3/84 RCRA AMENDMENTS 1ST UNIPOL POLYPROPYLENE UNIT BUILT AT SEADRIFT, TX UCC/SHELL POLYPROPYLENE PLANT ON STREAM UCC CONTRACT OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT NUCLEAR PROGRAM TERMINATED DIVESTITURE OF BLACK MARLIN PIPELINE (HOUSTON NATURAL GAS) TAKEOVER ATTEMPT BY GAF PONCE. PR PLANT SHUT DOWN DIVESTITURE OF PLASTIC DRINKING STRAWS & GROCERY SACKS (JET PLASTIC) DIVESTITURE OF ENGINEERED POLYMERS & PLASTICS (AMOCO) TOLYLENE DIISOCYANATE UNIT AT INSTITUTE SHUT DOWN NEW POLYPROPYLENE PROCESS LICENSED TO TOYO SODA OLEFINS UNIT NO. 2 SHUT DOWN AT PONCE RESTRUCTURING DIVESTITURE OF AG BUSINESS TO RHONE-POULENC SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS DIVESTITURE OF FILMS -PACKAGING (VISKASE) DIVESTITURE OF UCCL POLYETHYLENE PLANT (NAVACOR MOORE) 46 UNIPOL REACTORS IN OPERATION DIVESTITURE OF SUB-SOILSERV (GRIFFEN) UCC&P IMPLEMENTED WORLDWIDE OPERATIONAL SAFETY PROGRAM UCC RESTRUCTURED TO CARBON PRODUCTS, CHEM.& PLASTICS AND INDUST. GASES TCS MANUFACTURE TERMINATED AT SISTERSVILLE INITIATED "COMPLETE DRAINING" TANK CARS TO IMPROVE QUALITY CONTROL AG F AG M AG P HS M HS M Ml M SI F GE M NU F GE M OX F AG M AG P LP M Ml M OL2 F OX F OX F PH F SP F AG M LP M SI F GE F OX F LP M LP P LP M OL1 F OL1 F OX P OX F GE M SO F AG M HS M GE F LP F NU M OL2 F M GE F GE M GE M OX F LP M OL2 F GE M AG F HS M LP F LP F LP F AG F HS M GE M GE F GE M 22 IS I IIVIt-LINfc EVENTS LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY 1987 1987 1987 1987 1988 1988 1989 1989 1989 1989 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1991 1991 1991 1991 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 1994 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1997 DIVESTITURE OF POLYETHYLENE FILM FACILITIES LP F NEW ETHYLENE OXIDE UNIT BUILT AT RED DEER, CANADA SILICON/ALCOHOL WORK STARTED UCC RECEIVES KIRKPATRICK FOR METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ADVANCES OX F SI P SP M LATEX MANUFACTURING CAPACITIES IN US EXCEEDS 600 MILLION POUNDS PER YEAR EP F NEW FLEXOMER PROCESS ANNOUNCED FOR ELASTOMERIC COPOLYMERS LP M UCC REALIGNED AS HOLDING COMPANY FOR THREE CORE BUSINESSES - GE M UCC&P, UC INDUSTRIAL GASES "UCAR' CARBON GE M EPOSODIC RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (ERMS) INITIATED BY UCC HS M SILICON ANTI-FREEZE ADDITIVE CRASHES SI P PROCESS HAZARDS & RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM INITIATED BY UCC&P HS M UCC ENTERS PLASTIC RECYCLING BUSINESS GE M DIVESTITURE OF POLYOLS (ARCO) OX F CHLOROSILANE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMATICAL SI M SILICONE STARTS UP CNT AT SISTERSVILLE SI F DIVESTITURE OF POLYSILICON BUSINESS TO KOMATSU SI F MAJOR EXPANSION TO MIXED KETONE PROCESS COMPLETED AT INSTITUTE SO F CAPROLACTAM UNIT AT TAFT MODERNIZED 50 F DIVESTITURE OF PRIMARY ALCOHOL ETHOXALATES (HOECHST) SP F UCC AQUIRED ROHM AND HAAS'S TRITON SURFACTANT LINE OX M SEMI-WORKS FACILITY COMPLETED FOR FLEXOMER PRODUCTS AT SO, CHARLESTON LP F DIVESTITURE OF 1,4 DIOXANE,1,4,DIETHYLENE OXIDE BUSINESS (FERRO) SP F TEXAS CITY VINYL ACETATE UNIT EXPANDED VP F POLYOLS UNITS AT INSTITUTE AND SO. CHARLESTON SOLD TO ARCO CHEMICALS OX M UCC SUPPLIED 13 DIFFERENT NONIONIC SURFACTANTS AND 9 SPECIALTY SURFACTANTS OX M C&P HS&EA MERGED INTO UCC HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT HS M DIVESTITURE OF MICROPHOTORESIST (KTI) (OCG MICROELECTRONIC) GE F DIVESTITURE OF UNION CARBIDE INDUSTRIAL GASES (LINDE) TO PRAXAIR GE F DIVESTITURE OF ORGANOSILICON SALE-OSI (DLJ MECHANT BANKING) 51 F DIVESTITURE OF MARBLELIFE STONE CARE (ML ACQUISITIONS) GE M JOYCE RECEIVES US NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE UNIPOL PROCESS LP M NEW UNifFOR TRITON SURFACTANTS BUILT AT INSTITUTE OX F DIVESTITURE OF PHENOXY RESINS (PHENOXY ASSOCIATES) PH F DIVESTITURE OF PARACLOX BIOCIDES (B K LANDENBURG GMBH) GE M JOINT VENTURE ANNOUNCED WITH PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL - KUWAIT COMPLEX GE M DIVESTITURE OF UNISON TRANSFORMER SERVICE (LANDFILL RECOVERY) GE M UCC ACQUIRES ETHYLENE OXIDE & DERIVATIVES IN EUROPE FROM 1C! OX F DIVESTITURE OF "UCAR" CARBON GE M ANNOUNCED 90.000 TPY SEADRIFT PLANT TO PRODUCE EP RUBBER LP F BUSHY RUN RESEARCH CENTER OOPERATIONS TERMINATED Ml M 300MMPYLP0X0 UNIT STARTED AT TEXAS CITY SO F DIVESTITURE OF VINYL ACETATE IN KOREA (SAMSUNG) VP F TEXASCITY VINYL ACETATE UNIT EXPANDED AGAIN VP F ANNOUNCED 1ST "SPLITTABLE" SURFACTANT (DESTRUCTABLE WITH SIMPLE ACID TREAT) OX P 23