# OAR Box 1872

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# Document

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# CHEMICA L PROFIL E



# I TTHYLEN E DICHLORID E May22,198 9 

### SUPPL Y PRODUCE R CAPACITY * Borden , Geismar , L a 74 5 Dow , Freeport , Te x1,60 0 Dow , Oyste rCreek , Te x1,10 0 Dow , Plaquemine , L a 1,70 0 Formosa , Bato n Rouge , L a 50 0 Formosa , Poin t Comfort , Te x46 0 Georgi a Gulf , Plaquemine , L a 1,81 5 B F Goodrich , Calver t City , Ky1,00 0 B F Goodrich , L a Porte , Te x 1,58 5 Occidental , Convent , L a 80 0 Occidental , Corpu s Christi , Te x80 0 Occidental , Dee rPark , Te x17 5 Occidental , Dee rPark , Te x1,70 0 PPG , Lak e Charles , L a 2,70 0 Vista , Lak e Charles , L a 1,15 0 Vulcan , Geismar , L a ...30 0 Tota l 18,13 0 

# A-90-1 9 M-l-5 9

'Million s o f pound s pe ryear

. Occidenta l starte d it s newly-buil t Corpu s Christ i plan t earlie rthi s quarter

. Th e large rof th e company' s Dee rPark unit s wa s acquire d fro m Shel l i n 1987

. Formos a intend s t o doubl e th e capacityof It s Poin t Comfor t plantb yth e 3ecgnd_hal f o£tfiis_year

. GoodricJLJsj^Jr^fejC,^ ^ VC M capacity

J Jo_SJejjin g Chemical s pendin g FT C approval

. Profil e las t publishe d 5/28/

' \ thi s revision , 5/22/89

. " uEMAN D 1988 : 13.6 5 millio n pounds ; 1989 : 1 4 millio n pounds ; 1993 : 15.4 5 millio n pounds , (include s exports , bu t no t imports , whic h totale d 191. 5 millio n pound s las t year. ) 

### GROWT H Historica l (1979-1988) : 1. 6 percen t pe ryear ; future : 2 t o 3 percen t pe ryea r through1993

. 

### PRIC E Historica l (1952-1989) : High , 19c

. pe rpound , tanks , f.o.b

. works ; low , 2.8c

. pe rpound , sam e basis

. Current : 16c

. pe rpound , sam e basis

. Sellin g price s ar e 1c

. t o 3c

. belo wthi s lis t price

. 

### USE S Viny l chlorid e monomer , 9 0 percent ; exports , 7 percent ; other , includin g chlorinate d solvent s an d ethyleneamines , 3 percent

. 

### STRENGT H VC M an d PV C deman d i s runnin g stron g domestically

. Export s ros e 1 3 percen t las t yea rt o fee d growin g VC M capacit yi n developin g countries

. 

### WEAKNES S Productio n las t yea rdippe d b y15 0 millio n pounds , du e primaril yt o con straine d ethylen e availability

. • 

### OUTLOO K Export s wil l remai n hig h a s th e developin g worl d continue s t o back-integrat e fro m PV C to ' VCM

. Softenin g ethylen e wi n mea n a favorabl e ra wmaterial s profil e .head

. Numerou s capacit yexpansion s fo rVC M an d PV C wil l ensur e stron g IDC demand

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# Chemistry' s Futur e The following remarks are excerpted from an address by Dr. Konrad M. Weis, president and chief executive officerof BayerUSA, 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 dinnermeeting in New York last week. ...Whatkind of

professional s wil l w e nee d in th e chemica l industr y a tth e beginnin g o f th e ne wcentury ? Obviously , ther e i s th e "in
ternationall y trained " manager . Thatindi
vidua l i s gettin g s o muc h attentio n righ tnow . I a m sur e that , b y th e yea r2000 , w e wil l hav e aver y goo d suppl y o

f internationall y traine d managers . Tha ti s no tm y worry . I a m mor e concerne d abou tou rscientists . I f yo u accep tm y predictio n tha tw e wil l se e anothe rperio d o

f challengin g proces s devel
opment s —dictate d i n par tb y environmen
ta l concern s —the n w e wil l continu e to nee d highl y qualifie d research-oriente d chemica l engineer s i n larg e number s beyon d th e yea r 2000 . A tth e sam e time , however , w e wil l nee d mor e and mor e chemist s wh o ar e als o wel l traine d fo rresearc h and development . Ther e i s no questio n abou tit : Ne wcompounds , ora t leas tmodification s o

f existin g compounds , wil l b e th e lifebloo d o

f th e futur e market-ori
ented , problem-solvin g chemica l industry . Ar e ou runiversitie s developin g th e much neede d chemica l talent s righ tnow ? An d in sufficien tnumbers ? I d o notthinkso . Only mor e experimenta l chemistr y —benc h chemistr y —ca n teac h thi s successfully . ...Th e goo d new s i s tha tthi s proble m ha s bee n recognize d i n th e U S and progressiv e universitie s ar e tryin g t o addres s it . Fo rex ample , I recentl y learne d o f aprojec ta t Carnegie-Mello n Universit y t o buil d a n "In
stitut e fo rTeachin g Experimenta l Chem
istry. " I encourag e yo u t o suppor tthis effort . Eve n thoug h w e di d nottal kalo tabou t globalization , w e are , of course , ver y much awar e o f th e tremendou s impac twhic h this developmen twil l hav e on th e futur e o f ou r chemica l industry . Th e globalizatio n and di
versificatio n w e forese e bring s m e t o (the ) question . Ar e ou rU S trad e association s abl e t o cop e wit h thes e issues ? I f the y ar e not , ar e the y takin g th e necessar y step s to enabl e themselve s to d o so ? 1 d o notbeliev e tha tthe y ar e full y prepared , an d th e effort s mad e t o dat e are , a tbest , in thei rearl y stages . Befor e I continue , le tm e mak e on e thin g absolutel y clear . Ove rth e years , I hav e serve d thre e term s o nth e board o f th e Chem
ica l Manufacturer s Associatio n (CMA ) and o n man y CM

A committee s a s well . I hav e th e highes trespec tfo rth e hard-workin g and ver y capabl e CM

A staff . Buttha tdoe s not eliminat e th e issue : D o w e prepar e wel l enoug h fo rth e future ? Le tm e mak e tw o observations : I woul d describ e th e CM A a s bein g primar
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