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CHEMICAL PROFILE VINYL CHLORIDE PRODUCER CAPACITY* Borden, Geismar, La......................................................................................................950 Dow, Freeport, Tex.................................................................................................... 1,835 Dow, Plaquemlne, La................................................................................................. 1,300 Formosa, Baton Rouge, La....................................................................................... 1,300 Formosa, Point Comfort, Tex....................................................................................... 800 Geon, LaPorte, Tex.................................................................................................... 1,650 Georgia Gulf, Plaquemlne, La................................................................................... 1,260 OxyChem, Deer Park, Tex.........................................................................................1,100 OxyMar, Ingleslde, Tex............................................................................................. 1,400 PPG, Lake Charles, La.................................................................................................. 650 Vista, Lake Charles, La.................................................................................................920 Westlake, Calvert City, Ky........................................................................................1,000 Total.......................................................................................................... 14,165 'Millions of pounds per year of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). Borden has two facili ties--an ethylene-based and an acetylene-based--at Geismar. Dow started a second 925-million-pound plant at Freeport in third quarter 1994. It boosted capacity at Its other Freeport plant, and will expand at Plaquemlne by mid-1995. Geon will add 800 million pounds by 1996. Georgia Gulf plans to boost Its capacity to 1.6 billion pounds over the next two years by adding new reactor technology. OxyMar, a 50-50 joint ven ture of OxyChem and Marubeni, will increase capacity to more than 2.1 billion pounds per year by mld-1997. PPG, which formed a joint production company with Vista In 1995, will raise capacity at Lake Charles to 1.15 billion pounds by first quarter 1997. Profile last published 5/4/92; this revision 6/5/95. DEMAND 1994:14.5 billion pounds; 1995:15.2 billion pounds; 1999:18 billion pounds (In cludes exports, which were 1.64 billion pounds in 1993, but not imports, which were 51 million pounds. In many cases, operating rates are exceeding nameplate capacities.) GROWTH Historical (1985-1994): 5 percent per year; future: 4 to 5 percent per year through 1999. PRICE Historical (1981-1995): High, 28c. per pound, polymer grade, tanks, f.o.b. works, list; low, 13.5c. per pound, same basis. Current: 26c. to 27c. per pound, same basis. USES Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), 98 percent; miscellaneous, including polyvinylidene chloride and chlorinated solvents, 2 percent. STRENGTH VCM demand is heavy due to strong production of PVC, particularly in Asia. Prof itability is leading US producers to boost VCM capacity to cover rising PVC demand. Op erating rates for VCM are about 6 to 7 percent higher than for PVC. WEAKNESS Current VCM supplies in the US are not high enough to cover worldwide demand. Ethylene dichloride (EDC) capacity is not nsing as fast as VCM capacity, which could lead to a potential shortage in feedstock. Use of chlorinated solvents is declining, but in evitably won't have much effect on the overall market. OUTLOOK Most VCM will continue as captive material in the US. The market will continue to grow due to good profit margins for PVC. Environmental pressures, specifically for chlo rine, will be the wild card in the future of the PVC chain. CMA 117945 1996 DIRECTORY OF CHEMICAL PRODUCERS PRODUCTS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ UNITED STATESV \-Vinylcaprolactam -smational Specialty Products Inc, Calvert City, Kentucky N-Vinylc8rbazole Polysciences, Inc. Warrington, Pennsylvania Vinyl chloride-ethylene copolymer resins (See, Ethylene- vinyl chloride copolymer resins under Plastics and Reams) Vinyl chloride monomer Percent of Regional Capacity ;w Chemical U.S.A. ;:-mosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A. '-a Seen Company "iv'nar 21* 15* 12* 10* `.;:e This table lists the companies responsible for the top fifty percent of nameplate capacity in the United States. See the same-named product below for the complete listing of producers and plant Ipcations. (:,,rce SRI Consulting estimates as of January 1, 1996. Vinyl chloride monomer (Chloroethylene) (VCM) (Ethylene rende) Mioen Chemicals and Plastics Operating Limited Partnership Geismar, Louisiana iCNDEA Vista Company Oiefms and Vinyl Division Lake Charles, Louisiana "cw Chemical U.S.A. Oyster Creek, Texas Plaguemine, Louisiana :;--hosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A Baton Rouge, Louisiana Point Comfort, Texas 'e Geon Company La Porte, Texas Georgia Gulf Corporation Plaquemme, Louisiana Cccidentai Chemical Corporation Foiymers & Plastics Group Vinyls Division Deer Park, Texas Cnymar Ingleside, Texas :=G industries. Inc. Chemicals Group Lake Charles, Louisiana '.sstiake Monomers Corporation Calvert City, Kentucky Vinyl chloroformate is'colabs. Inc. Bethany, Connecticut Vinyl cyanide (See: Acrylonitrile) 4-Vinyl-1-cyclohexene (Butadiene dimer) (4-Ethenyl-1 - :.::ohexene) (1,2,3,6-Tetrahydrostyrene) . jon Carbide Corporation Specialty Chemicals Division Institute, West Virginia Vmyldimethylchlorosilane "-'s America Inc. Theodore, Alabama Vinyl ester resins (See: Plastics and Resins) Vinyl ethyl ether (See: Ethyl vinyl ether) Vinyl fluoride (Fluoroethylene) jjPont DuPont Chemicals DuPont Fluoroproducts Louisville, Kentucky Vinylidene chloride monomer (1,1-Dichloroethylene) -cw Chemical U S.A, Freeport, Texas 5FQ Industries, Inc. Chemicals Group Lake Charles, Louisiana Vinylidene fluoride (See: 1,1-Difluoroethylene) Vinyl isobutyl ether (See: Isobutyl vinyl ether) Vinyl magnesium bromide Mulder Scientific Company S5 Fme Chemicals Inc Mead, Colorado Columbus, Ohio Vinylmethyldichlorosilane Hiils America Inc. Theodore, Alabama Vinyl methyl ether (See: Methyl vinyl ether) 5-Vinyl norbornene (VBCH) Union Carbide Corporation Specialty Chemicals Division Institute, West Virginia 2-Vinylpyridine Reilly Industries, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana 4-Vinylpyridine Reilly Industries, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana Vinyl pyridine latex (See.- Styrene-butadiene-2-vmylpyndme latex under Elastomers) 1-Vinyl 2-pyrrolidinone (See: 1 --Vinyl--2--pyrrolidone) 1-Vinyl 2-pyrrolidinone-a-olefins copolymer International Specialty Products Inc. Calvert City, Kentucky 1-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone-$tyrene copolymer resins (See: Plastics and Resins) 1-Viny!-2-pyrrolidinone-vinyl acetate copolymer International Specialty Products Inc. Calvert City, Kentucky 1-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (1 -Vinyl 2-pyrrolidinone) BASF Corporation Chemicals Division Chemical Intermediates Geismar, Louisiana International Specialty Products Inc. Calvert City, Kentucky Texas City, Texas Vinyl resins (unspecified) (See: Plastics and Resins) Vinyltoluene (Methylstyrene) Deltech Corporation Baton Rouge, Louisiana p-Vinyltoluene (See: p-Methylstyrene) Vinyl toluene-acrylic copolymer resins (See: Plastics and Resins) Vinyl toluene copolymer resins (See: Plastics and Resins) Vinyltriacetoxysilane United Chemical Technologies, Inc. Bristol, Pennsylvania Vinyltriethoxysilane (Triethoxyvmyisilane) (T nethoxyvinylsilicane) Hiils America Inc, Theodore, Alabama SRI International CMA 117946 967