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ABD00004345 ' * VISTA .cr.vt > The publication for Vista people Avflu/rf 1993 *T-' OKC modernization demonstrates Vista s commitment to PVC customers, business m In, II[K oimiiiu expansion ol Visla s Okl.ihom.i Cil\, Okla , . 1 |)ol\ vim 11 him ult (PV( 1) main plain demonstrates Visla s tonimitmenl to us PVC luisiiii ss s.ivs Can' Diapet -president Ole fins N Vim I di\ isioii ' lilt < xpaiision allows us to glow out PV( Imsmess Diaper sa\s h go< s a long wav low,ml mipiovmg piodtii n\il\ wiiifli will htlp Hi attain mu goal ol living in the lowest <|iiaiiili among PV( i< sin pioiIik i i s 11 ,iIso w ill In Ip IIS in< tt lilt iik n asmg demand loi mu PVC tom and tnliaui e Vista s posiiion in (he PVC maiki I aMM irimv w lilt om ( iisloinets I lit inmlti m/ation ol (lit Oklahoma Cil\ plan) lo he completed in i ail\ 1993 will add ahoul 110 million pounds to lilt plan! s PV( icsin i apatilx In addilion to s|< ,iin shipping it will inijudi mslallalimi ol a sialt-of-the at I i ompulei t miliol sxstuu ( oustiin lion I-- m In dull d lo begin in late 199 i \ st paintt expansion of Vista s Aheideen Miss PV(! plant < alls fm <111 addilional 200 million pounds ol < ,ipntii\ Diapi t sa\s this pioje tt is se heditli d lo go htloit (lie Visla bo,ml of dttectors n* \t jiiiiiiiiu fm apptoval Cuslmueis usi Vista s PVC- tesin in a w ide vai letv of iisi fill ptodtu Is patio and Li w 11 I in in t in <, <igin.iilliu.il m 'it l< n t i,il ,u id i mm i k i tial pip*' building and tl* (,i i n a I w m shoe, soles anil anlomomt elashI >oni ds Alumina maker Ceralox becomes part of Vista eialox a i ue son-base d manulae tuiet ol ullia-liigh-ptuUv ilium ilia pi od utls ie e nil lv bci a me, pal I ol Visla Che mie al (leialox hael lx en a wiiolh owned U S sttbsidian of CONDI7 A ( lieime sine e 1988 (,( i.ilox s si length is m being a small nil ie pin mu lal eeiinpain sa\s lb ue e Lai si n piesidemt Suilae lants \ Spetialties eh vision It w ill maintain I lie, same business due e,tie)it selling InghK spei i.ili/nl lugh-puiil\ alumina I he, e mnbniarion of Visla CONDLA and C< i.ilox ofh is KWh -Dl* A s alumina e iisiome is a blond inuge of alumina produe ts ibis thiee-biand appioath bungs \ahie loom tustomeisbx ollermg mam diffneni pioduet qualHv spetiln alums fioni e>ne, mgam/alion ( e ialo\ is (apahlt ol piodiu mg some, of the highest-put tlv alumina available m die w oi Id Its alumina pioelue,Is are, sold inlo mdiisli lal a|)plie a Hoi is sue h as at ttlie nil sapphiH' sodium \apm lamps eeiamies Im high-te til tutting tools and magnt tie, mi'elia e oatnuis In I he* Inline Cetalox max also inll-pioe e ss some Vista alumina With 13 emplovees Ce;iale)\ has aimiial sale s eif ahoul $2 million Ceralox's high-purity alumina complements Vista's alumina product line From left Uses for the two companies' aluminas include anti-skid agents to prevent cardboard boxes from slipping when stacked, coatings for video tape and computer disks, eye glass polishes and household cleaners ABD00004346 Vista continues efforts to protect U.S. LAB market from Canadian subsidies n Jul\ Chem'Xews reported Ithat Vista was taking a proactive >tand to protest the panic ipation of the Government of Quebec in construction of a linear alkslbenzene (LAB) plant near Montreal The new plant is planned to produce mote than three times the animal C anadian demand loi L \B V ista believes that most of the plant s production will be targeted at l1 S mar kets at low pi ices made pos sible In the gen eminent siibsuh (-anadian govern ment ownership in this plant would create imfau competitne advantages for the Canadian compam, Soeiete generale de fttianc etnent du Quebec (SCh-Quebec) and the Spanish < ompam P< 11 esa am I c ould threaten hundieds of lj S jobs including those of more than 200 Vista employees at the c ompam \ Baltimore, Md and Lake Charles La . LAB plants Vista has c ontinued its efforts to bring this inequity to the attention of the U S government V ista petitioned the l nited States Trade Representative Mickey Kantor and the International Trade Commission for pre-emptive action The International Chemical Workers Union (ICWIJ), the union representing manv Baltimore plant workers, formally joined this petition Kantor has 90 davs from the date of the petition to respond On August 4, Jim Ball, Vista president and CEO, Bruce Larsen, president, Surfactants Ac Specialties division, and Pete Markey, manager, Baltimore plant, met with Maryland Governor William Schaefer and representatives of the Man land congiessional delegation Schaefer urged tiie delegation to collec tively put pressure on Kantoi to accept the petition of V ista and the ICWl' and to call for an investigation b\ the International Trade Commission "I don't like what tins could do to the 180 Marylanders who work for Vista in the South Baltimore plant," Schaefer told the delegation, adding that he had registered a strong complaint widi Kantor In addition to Governor Schaefer, supporters of Vista at the meeting included Maryland Business Council President Donald P Hutchinson, Baltimore Mayor Kurt L Sehrnoke and Maryland Secretary of Economic and Employment Development Mark L Wasserman As a result of the meeting, the Maryland delegation is requesting a meeting with Kantor In addition, Vista produced video news releases showing the meeting and explaining the issue and sent the releases to television stations in Texas, Louisiana, Maryland and Canada Vista awaits government response Vista now is waiting for Kantor and the U S govern ment to respond "Vista sup ports NAFTA and other, re gional agreements, but this is not a free trade issue," Ball says "Rather, it's about unfair trade and subsidies " "We're not afraid of free, open trade -- as the U S Canada Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement are meant to achieve -- so that we can com pete on a level playmg field with anyone, anywhere in the world," Larsen adds "We would be pleased to match up our Baltimore em ployees against any other workforce anywhere in the world in a fair competition -- but the competition must be fair and unsubsidized," he says Responsible Care A Public Commitment Vista Chemical Company P. 0. 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