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# OAR Box 1878 Prepped by Charmelle Mathews



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# I Acquisitions , expansion s ^-—-^** ~

Exxo n Chemica

l America s ha s begu n productio

n o f bromobuty l a tit s Bato n Rouge, L

A chemica

l plant . Th e company' s Frenc

h affiliat e i s expandin g capacit y fo reth * ylenepropylen

e rubber s a tNotr e Dam e d e Oravencho

n b y 30 % t o 65,00 0 ton

s pe ryear . Goodyea rha s agree d t o bu y u p t o 63 % o f th e commo n stoc k o f Bra d Ragan , Inc . a retaile

ro f ne w tire s an d man * ufacture ro f retreade d tire s an d a leadin g retreade ro f off * roa d tires. Goodyea

rwil l operat e Bra d Raga n Inc. a s a separat e subsidiary

. Goodyea rforme d Retrea d System s Inc. , a wholl

y owne d subsidiar

y comprise

d o f Lon g Mil e Rubbe ran d AM F Tir e Equipment

, two companie

s re * centl y purchase

d b y Goodyear

. Goodyea rals o opene

d a millio n dolla rresearc h an d qualit y contro l laborator

y i n Singapore . Th e la b wil l ai m a timprovin g natura l rubbe r quality. Fireston e plan s t o spen d $24 0 millio

n i n capita l expenditure s i n 1986 . SI0 0 millio

n wil l b e fo r project s i n the


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- / Appsrtc.t Consumptio n NHrD s Productio n Import s Export s Appsrtn t Consumptio n PofybuttOtn t

, Productio n / Import s y' Export s J Appartn l Contunptlo n Elhyltnt-Pi-opyltn t Productio n Import * Export s Appsrtn t Consumptio n •utyl , Pohrehloreprtnt , Potyltoprtnt , Silicon * tn d otht r Synth-ril o Eltttomsr s Producllo n Import s Export s Appvtn t Consumptio n 2,764,630. * 979,22 7 932,20 3 2,418,66 9 723,61 0 36.88 0 898,83 4 26.8 6 '1.776,30 3 266.71 7 298,34 3 1.739.72 6 71.3 4 760.37 2 69,11 0 78,82 6 777.17 3 61,96 4 10,91 9 8.09 7 68,62 7 306.84 8 86.41 1 32.01 8 347.24 1 204.06 1 1,07 3 33.93 3 186,16 7

482.06 9 86.20 4 167.67 2 393.62 6 738,43 8 .

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-n.e e ee e -60 7 -1 2 0 3 .company' s ra w materin i tui tir e operation

s i n Noui i America ; Abou

tS6 7 millio n fo rexpansio n o f tir e facilitie s i n Brazil , Argentin a an d Venezuela, an

d productio

n rationalizatio

n i n Europe ; S4

3 millio n fo r th e retai l outle t operation ; an

d $2 0 millio

n fo r th e Diversifie

d Product s area . Chardo n Rubbe racquire d Beeb e Rubbe ran d Webste r Rubber , formerl y division s o f Mohaw k Rubber . Beeb e Rubber , Nashua, NH , wil

l b e operate d a s a subsidiar

y o f Chardon , whil e Webste rRubber , Sabbatus , ME. , wil

l become • divisio

n o f Beebe. Carlisl e Corp.' s SynTe

c System s i s investin g $1 0 millio n I n ne w equipmen

twhic h wil l allo w th e compan y t o produc e i n additiona

l 26 5 millio

n squar e fee to f single-pl y membran e fo rroofing. Lydall, Inc . ha

s complete d th e purchas e o f Pantaaote' a Elastome rProduct s Divisio n I n Clifto n Forge , V

A a molde d rubbe rproduct s manufacturer

. Wltco' a Organic

s Divisio n establishe

d a ne w laborator y devote d exclusivel

y t o surfactan

ttechnolog

y fo r emulsio n polymerizatio

n a tone o f l u technica

l center s i n Chicago . Degusi a Corp . starte

d operation

s a ta ne w application

s researc h an d technica l servic e laborator

y i n Allendale . NJ. Completio

n o f th e 21,00 0 sq. ft

. facilit y i s expecte d a t year s end . Fruehau f Corp . sol d it s Pro-Pa rtruc k tir e retreadin

g operation s t o Pro Trea

d Corp. , Famingto

n Hills , Ml . Sal

e include d rct-?adln

g facilitie s I n For tWorthy, TX ; Howell , Ml ; York

, PA ; Eas tHartford

, CT , an d Charlotte , NC . Auslmon tComp o N.V . acquire

d AllledSlgnil' s fluorc

polyme rbusines s unit s far f 5 5 million. Plan

tfacilitie s i n Orange , T X an d Eliz..jcih , N

J wer e include d I n th e sale . Lonz a Inc . ha s complete d it s acquisitio

n o f Glyco , Inc. , Norwalk , CT . Glyco wil

l initiall y b e a full y operatin g sub sidiary . Glenr o Inc . ha s opene d a ne w we b processin

g laborator y a tit s Patterson, N

J facility . M G Industrie

s ha s unde rconstructio

n a multi-millio

n dolla rai rseparatio n uni ti n Spartanburg

, S C tha twil l b e operationa l i n earl y 1986 . Smit h & Nephew

, Columbia

, S C ha s merge d it s OpSit e an d woun d car e division s wit h th e Perr y divisio n o f Affiliate d Hospita l Products , acquire

d b y Smit h & Nephe

w i n 1985 . The ne

w divisio n wil l operat e fro m th e Perr y division' s facilitie

s i n Masslllon, OH . 

## Contracts , license s Unlroya l Chemica l appointe d Harwlc k Chemica

l a s ex clusiv e distributo

ro f l u millabl

e urethane

s throughou

t th e U.S . Montediso n US A appointe

d Akro n Chemica

l a s ex clusiv e distributo

ro f (t s lin e o f organi c peroxid e vulcanlzlnp/crosslinkln

g agent s t o th e rubbe rindustr y eas to f th e Rock y Mountains . Exxo n Researc h an d th e Commerc

e Department' s Na

tiona l Burea u o f Standard s hav e entere d int o a n agreemen tfo rth e developmen

ta ne w smal l angl e neutro n scatterin g Instrument

, a nondestructiv

e techniqu

e wit h application s i n th e polyme rindustry. MARC H 188 6 ^.jb b <L rU3cH*,o (