60 Huntsman, Port Neches, Tex. 70 Schenectady, Freeport, Tex.
Commercial production is based on phenol and nonene raw materials.
B.F. Goodrich acquired Freedom Chemical Company, including its Kalama Chemical subsidiary, in March 1998. Dover Chemical, which entered the market in December 1996 with a new unit at Dover, Ohio, completed an expansion earlier this year that doubled its reactor capacity. Schenectady International significantly expanded its combined alkylphenol capacities in Rotterdam Junction, Freeport, and Pratteln, Switzerland, during the first quarter of 1996, but the expansions centered on alkylphenols other than nonylphenol. In addition, Schenectady has longer-term plans for building alkylphenol plants in Europe and Asia. High, 84c. per pound, tanks, f.o.b. east of the Rockies, min.