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CHEMICAL PROFILE POLYVINYL CHLORIDE SUPPLY producer CAPAcrrr* Air Products, Calvert CRy, Ky..................................................................... 900 Air Product*, Pensacola, Pie...................................................................... 200 Bonten, Geismar, La............. .................................. 400 Borden, NiopoRs, .......................... 960 CertainTeed, Lake Charted, La-............................................ 200 Formosa, Delaware CRy, DaL....................................................................... 99 Formosa, Point Comfort, To*................................................................... 1400 Georgia Guff, Oslawsre City, Dot...............................................................150 Georgia OuK. Piequerotne, La............ ................................... TOO OF Goodrich, Avon Lake, ONo................................................................... 210 BP Goodrich, Daar Park, Tax...................................................................... 240 BP Goodrich, Hatey, ................................. 1*0 BF Goodrich, LoutariBa, Ky................. 409 BP Goodrich, PadrieWosm,N-l...................................................................445 BF Goodrich, Plequemina, La................... 190 Goodyear, Msgam,N.Y..............................................................................110 Kaysor, Saugus, CaW............................................ 60 Occidental, Baton Rouge, La...................................................................... 490 Occidental, Burlington, NL ("North" plant)....................... 140 Occidental, Burlington, ("South" plant)............................................110 Occidental, Pasadena, Tex..................................................................... 1,000 Occidental, Pottstown, Pa..........................................................................210 SMntech, Freeport, Tex................................................................. 1300 Union Carbide, Texas CRy, Tax.............................................. 129 Vista, AberdewiMaa........................................... 450 Vista, Oklahoma CRy, OMa...-..................................................................390 Vygen, Ashtabula, Ohio...,......................................................................100 ToW............................................................................................... 9410 'MHone or pounds par year at PVC task) and copolymer. Borden has Increased capacity at Its Oaismar and IBopons plants by 50 mlBon pounds snd 90 million pounds, respectively. A farther btersasa at MUopoOs is schaduiad tor September. CortainToed beostad capacity by 40 minion pounds earlier this ysar by adding a (sector. Formosa has addod about 100 mODon pounds 10 Its Point Comfort plant through debottlenecking. Tho compeny Is bidding a new piem at Baton Rouge by the midrto of next year, to produoa TOO mflSon pounds. The plant wW i/tllUa soma suspanaion rasln equipment from Dataware Ctty-, because el this project, Delaware City's capacity has bean (educed from 330 minion pounds, and now produces only dispersion resin, fa the second hair of this year. Dataware City's capacity wB be brought up to 235 mlon pounds. Georgia Gulf wtB add 110 minion pounds el suspension resin capacity to ka Ptaquamina ptam. Goodrich added 250 mRHon pounds of capacity in September 1944, dividing k botween LcuisviBo and Pediiektown. Occidental has raised capacities at Baton Rouge and Pasadana by 1 SO rtSKon pounds and 300 mHBon pounds, tespeedvely, through a succession of dabctOanockings andprocess changes. Pasadena is stated for another 200-mOIion-pound export* sion by July of noxt year. The company la under FTC obligation to divert Itself of one of Its FVC plants. FTCoriginally dted Pasadana s tho plant to bo sold, but 0 decision It now ponding on a proposal to moot the requirement by easing Ota Burlington plants Instead. Bhlntoch added 500 mSBon pounds of capacity last September, and another 500 mSBon pounds la elated for tho second halt of 1990. Vista has added apprort- CantkuadonPaga2T CMA 175169 "TZc Jjvaajal & Gmme*a~, ZSSJawf f, /ffg Petrochemical Projects Boom In Houston Area HOUSTON -- A fatal of 41 pet rochemical centrecues projects with a comttaad flat of spprodmataiy Hi feUIioe wtn ka complet ed ky Hoostoa ky 1W4. rrnrtin| to an iadmtry (array madacfad ky tk Hoaatoa Ecoeotaic Devolopmeat Council nd Rontoa U|ktiB| A Power Co. Hoaatoa'* 19 petrockcmieal project* npr--it amt 49% of the new US. potnekoBieal activity aanooBead tete M7, aceerdiai to Lee Sofia. HEDC praddnL "Bentoa'a pafrnchamiral tedntry k aatsrtef a n* ara a( growth.* Mr. Ho*aa tail *W ttmate that thna projects for Mo Houston am will craau aa twage of UOt ceaatroctien Jake la tack yaar of tko aaxx three yaan at than projects an completed * Mr. Rogsa sad Hoartaa'a mar> pact i petrochemical toasu actioe activity tiad to tecmsn te worldwide dwnaad for petrechemical {redacts. "Petrochemical complain do tkoir homework. selecting aitao tkat provide m oceow to peem iMiB^baaod fntktacka aid dtatrikotiea oatworks. TW aow projaeta planed for Hatoo reteforce tko city as oat of tko world'* teedteg potnckamicai moan.* Mr. Stpa . mediate ckondcalt ka* mo atioa* latod ky tko aatioeal ecooonic xpansioe. aad production capodty is tight for tko ant time ia aevoral years,* accwdteg to Soadat Syal manager of target iadoatrieo nor* ketiaf for HOC "Houstoo to certainly sharing la tko expaasioa of tka Ui peitrocbemical iadeetry. and wo aspect to sea addlUoeal petrochemical Houston's 49 projects represent about 40% of the new U.S. petrochemical activity announced during 1987. coostnctioo projects aaaoaocod far tka Hoodoo am la tka cental months.* laid Mr. SyaL Houston's troditiooal rala aa tka US. enter far ban ekanteal pm dectioe ia attractiaf a growiag nnbar of specialty ckenical pm decors wko beeafit bon etooa m con to foodstoefc materials, Mr. Sya) added. He aotod tkat tko Hoenn area cootaiaa 41% of US. capacity ter etkyleae aad aropylaoc 19% of ca pacity for poiyprcpylaoc aad 94% of capacity for polyotkyteoe. The petrochemical ceaacractim project* documented ky tko envoy kdiw Phillip* Potroloon Co. will odd IN niUioa mode of aaaaal capacity to its Hoaatoa plastic* mia pleat by lata 1M. wpe Films Carp, win ckm ptete a aaw W mfllioa plastim pleat ky eariy Udi TW plan wfll product potypropyteaa flka nOtCMMlttM vn dtag U9 aaffiteo peoads of aaanl capacity at Mi Houstoo acry&c add pten. oonptettea is scheduled In HH Into Ckenical America* win kaOd a arw heavy-duty pteo- ttes fiedUty at Ms Saytowa, foam pUat,u*Ug technology liceseed ban Mini Petrochemical bdao Rohm A Haas Co. pitas a Ml million expaasioa for its acrylic add stem. tempting the pleat's amuD capacity ky S%. A complete Qatiag of tka plaata ia iadodod te tka foliowiag tahtec CMA 175170 NOVEMBER II, | CONSTRUCTION fr EXPANSION Primary product of lHSGOSSA'o Sail lb Hoblit AL organos llanos plant will bo "Degusea S16V' blfunctlonal polysulfIdle organosliana.........EXXON CHEMICAL'S 2b5all lb HOPE plant using Mitsui Fetrochealcel Industrlos slurry procost technology should by onstrssn by Id-'tVV'w'n current PE capacity la 1. Ail lbs ? and Is expected to by l.lklldki * by yr-end*90.......... MOBIL CHEMICALS I5nil lb Vlrton Belgium oriented polypropylene flla 10PP) plant onstresn early'90, will bring co's worldwide capacity to 300nll lbs with ISOail in burope.........MONSANTO AG CO's Aliaet, liquid for* of aethlonlne actlvty, Alvin TX capacity 160nll ibs/yr, Ad phase expansion underway will bring capacity to ZOOmll lbs in *B9.......... FOLYSAE POLYMERS Plastics Plv 200nll lb Decatur AL polystyrene plant on screen fall-*90; when debottleneck- be added - by late *90 co's total capacity should be l.lbll lbs........ SHIMTBGB*! Yreeport TR ^GOall-Eb P9C e^aasloftll ibnatreanbringa capacity toH'^lllbs ; WWIU add another SOOall lb expansion to be done la *90--with this expansion plus SH1N-ETSU CHEMICAL, Tokyo 600 nil lb capacity total, will be 2.6 4>UObs.----- *-**-<---------- CMA115171