# OAR Box 1872

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# Busines s Briefs Acquisitions , expansion s Lexingto n Precisio n merged its tw o rubbe rfabricatin g units , Stalwar tRubbe ran d Elastomeri c Products , an d forme d Lexingto n Component s (LCI) , a s a wholl y owne d subsidiary . An LC I sale s an d technical servic e offic e wil l b e opene d i n Detroit , M I an d a 52,00 0 sq . f tmanufacturin g facilit y i n Warren , OH , wil l ope n i n June . LCI wil l inves t more tha n $3. 7 millio n in thi s facility i n 1990 . Th e compa n y wil l als o consolidat e th e manufactur

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tit s Jasper, G A plant . More tha n $ 1 millio n wil l b e spen tt o expan d an d moderniz e the plant . Constructio n wil l soo n begin o n a 3,20 0 squar e foo ttestin g laborator y an d qualit y control center . A s a resulto f the con solidatio n a

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LCI' s Burton , OH plant ha s been cu tbac

k an d wil l clos e by June 1 . BAS F wil l spen d $1 7 millio n t o buil d a plantt o produc e Elastolla n polyurethan e elastome rresin s a tWyandotte , MI . BAS F wil l furnish th e ke y ra w material s necessary fo rpro ductio n fro

m its ow n facilities . Th e Wyandott e plan twil l mak e bot h polyester - an

d polyether-base d polyurethan e elastome rresin s fo rinjectio n molding , blo w moldin g an d extrusion . Mexico' s Novu m Grou p acquired a majorit y equity po sitio n in Hule s Mexicanos , SA . (Humex) , increasin g No 

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## y vum' s productio n capacity in carbon blac k by 247% , fro

m 65,00 0 t o 161,00 0 metri c tons pe ryear , an d variou s syn theti c rubber

s b y 197% , from 80,00 0 t o 155,00 0 metric tons annually . Minnesot a Rubbe ropene d operation s o f a 30,00 0 squar e foo tmanufacturin g planti n Singapore . Th e compa n y wil l spen d $ 5 millio n ove rfive year s t o develo p th

e fac tor y i n Tua s int o a worl d clas s manufacturing facility , spe cializin g in custo m molde d rubbe rcomponents . .Currentl

y th e plan temploy s 30 . Som e o f the workers'ar e bein g trained a tMinnesota Rubber' s Minneapolis , M N plant .

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### / 198 9 RM A rubbe rreport

(figure s i n metri c tons )
Tota l ne w rubbe r Ne w rubbe ravailabl e Imports Exports Apparen t consumptio n Tota l natura l rubbe r Imports Export s Apparen t consumptio n Tota l syntheti c rubbe r Productio n Imports T \ Exports Apparen t consumptio n 

### Tota l SB R J j Productio n / Import s Exports Apparen t consumptio n Tota l nitril e Productio n Import s Export s Apparen t consumptio n Polybutadien e Productio n Imports Exports Apparen t consumptio n 'Ethylene-propylen e Productio n Imports Exports Apparen t consumptio n Butyl , polychloroprene , polyisoprene , silicon e an d othe rsyntheti c elas
tomer s Productio n Imports Export s Apparen t consumptio n 198 9 3.534,91 7 1,234,09 7 498,11 6 3,005,61 1 909,41 5 30.46 8 889,51 4 2,301,82 0 324,68 2 •\ 467,64 8 1 2,116,10 6

c 873.76 0 109,00 6 m 175,723' / 793,08 1 69,23 6 15,776 18,23 7 65.64 5 411,48 5 65.45 7 82,26 7 374,79 3 259,57 6 32,36 7 55.87 5 228.85 5

687.76 2 102,07 6 135.54 6 653.72 9 198 8 %chg .

3,436,34 0 1.107.61 7 570.21 4 2,875.12 9 853,86 2 54.92 4 858.27 7 2,334,72 2 247.75 5 515,29 0 2.016,84 9 909,48 7 91,45 6

. 189,09 7 V 778,05 9 76,29 4 16,57 9 15,06 5 63.67 6 407,17 8 75,23 9 66,99 3 406,05 0 263,08 9 15.30 7 47,90 8 229,82 0

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