Ky. 160,000 Bayer, Orange, Tex. 125,000 Goodyear, Beaumont, Tex.
Commercial production is by solution polymerization of butadiene monomer.
La. Last year, Goodyear announced a 110,000-ton expansion at Beaumont, Tex. That increase will be staged over six years, with the first addition coming on in August. In 1999, Bayer added 75,000 tons of capacity to its complex in Orange, Tex. That project is scheduled to be completed in 2001. The tire business remains sound and continues to expand.