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CHEMICAL PROFILE 

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TTHYLENE DICHLORIDE May 22,1989 

SUPPLY 

PRODUCER CAPACITY* 

Borden, Geismar, La 745 

Dow, Freeport, Tex 1,600 

Dow, Oyster Creek, Tex 1,100 

Dow, Plaquemine, La 1,700 

Formosa, Baton Rouge, La 500 

Formosa, Point Comfort, Tex 460 

Georgia Gulf, Plaquemine, La 1,815 

BF Goodrich, Calvert City, Ky 1,000 

BF Goodrich, La Porte, Tex 1,585 

Occidental, Convent, La 800 

Occidental, Corpus Christi, Tex 800 

Occidental, Deer Park, Tex 175 

Occidental, Deer Park, Tex 1,700 

PPG, Lake Charles, La 2,700 

Vista, Lake Charles, La 1,150 

Vulcan, Geismar, La ...300 

Total 18,130 

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'Millions of pounds per year. Occidental started its newly-built Corpus Christi plant 

earlier this quarter. The larger of the company's Deer Park units was acquired from 

Shell in 1987. Formosa intends to double the capacity of Its Point Comfort plantby the 

3ecgnd_half o£tfiis_year. GoodricJLJsj^Jr^fejC,^^ VCM 

capacityJJo_SJejjing Chemicals pending FTC approval. Profile last published 5/28/ 

' \ this revision, 5/22/89. " 

uEMAND 

1988: 13.65 million pounds; 1989: 14 million pounds; 1993: 15.45 million 

pounds, (includes exports, but not imports, which totaled 191.5 million pounds 

last year.) 

GROWTH 

Historical (1979-1988): 1.6 percent per year; future: 2 to 3 percent per year 

through1993. 

PRICE 

Historical (1952-1989): High, 19c. per pound, tanks, f.o.b. works; low, 2.8c. 

per pound, same basis. Current: 16c. per pound, same basis. Selling prices are 

1c. to 3c. below this list price. 

USES 

Vinyl chloride monomer, 90 percent; exports, 7 percent; other, including 

chlorinated solvents and ethyleneamines, 3 percent. 

STRENGTH 

VCM and PVC demand is running strong domestically. Exports rose 13 

percent last year to feed growing VCM capacity in developing countries. 

WEAKNESS 

Production last year dipped by 150 million pounds, due primarily to constrained ethylene availability. • 

OUTLOOK 

Exports will remain high as the developing world continues to back-integrate 

from PVC to' VCM. Softening ethylene win mean a favorable raw materials profile 

.head. Numerous capacity expansions for VCM and PVC will ensure strong 

IDC demand. 

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Chemistry's Future 

The following remarks are excerpted 

from an address by Dr. Konrad M. Weis, 

president and chief executive officer of 

Bayer USA, Inc., and recipient of the Interna tional Palladium Medal a ward of the 

Societe de Chimie Industrielle, American 

Section. Dr. Weis was given the a ward at a 

dinner meeting in New York last week. 

...What kind of professionals will we need 

in the chemical industry at the beginning of 

the new century? Obviously, there is the "internationally trained" manager. That individual is getting so much attention right now. 

I am sure that, by the year 2000, we will have 

a very good supply of internationally trained 

managers. That is not my worry. 

I am more concerned about our scientists. 

If you accept my prediction that we will see 

another period of challenging process developments — dictated in part by environmental concerns — then we will continue to need 

highly qualified research-oriented chemical 

engineers in large numbers beyond the year 

2000. 

At the same time, however, we will need 

more and more chemists who are also well 

trained for research and development. There 

is no question about it: New compounds, or at 

least modifications of existing compounds, 

will be the lifeblood of the future market-oriented, problem-solving chemical industry. 

Are our universities developing the much 

needed chemical talents right now? And in 

sufficient numbers? I do not think so. Only 

more experimental chemistry — bench 

chemistry — can teach this successfully. 

...The good news is that this problem has 

been recognized in the US and progressive 

universities are trying to address it. For example, I recently learned of a project at 

Carnegie-Mellon University to build an "Institute for Teaching Experimental Chemistry." I encourage you to support this effort. 

Even though we did not talk a lot about 

globalization, we are, of course, very much 

aware of the tremendous impact which this 

development will have on the future of our 

chemical industry. The globalization and diversification we foresee brings me to (the) 

question. Are our US trade associations able 

to cope with these issues? If they are not, are 

they taking the necessary steps to enable 

themselves to do so? 1 do not believe that they 

are fully prepared, and the efforts made to 

date are, at best, in their early stages. 

Before I continue, let me make one thing 

absolutely clear. Over the years, I have 

served three terms on the board of the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) and 

on many CMA committees as well. I have the 

highest respect for the hard-working and 

very capable CMA staff. But that does not 

eliminate the issue: Do we prepare well 

enough for the future? Let me make two 

observations: 

I would describe the CMA as being primar-

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