GE Plastics, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 250 GE Plastics, Ottawa, Ill. 365 GE Plastics, Washington, W.Va.
Some production is from swing capacity which can be used to produce either ABS or polystyrene.
The company has also been seeking a majority stake in India's ABS Industries. Recent expansion at BASF's site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, brought capacity there to over 400 million pounds annually. GE Plastics will bring on line 230 million pounds of new capacity at its Bay St. Louis, Miss., site, and add 90 million pounds at Ottawa, Ill., in the first quarter of 1998. New finishing capacity at both plants is included in the expansion project. GE's plant at Washington, W.Va., will be upgraded and compounding activities there will be phased out.