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Output hits 117.8 million pounds as result of plant expansion; urea, ethylene oxide production shown REA is one of the products for which government figures are being issued for t l i e first time, a n d the total announced t>y the Tariff Commission, 205,299,000 p o u n d s or 102,649 tons, is probably s o m e w h a t less than expected. This figure moreover is for 1955 a n d some o>f the new urea producing projects did mot come into production until this year. The urea o u t p u t figure also is small b>ecause it applies only to the a m o u n t entering solid fertilizer. It does not ine l u d e the amount sold for the processi n g of urea resins, or for nitrogen solutions. Another interesting development i s the unit sales value of 5 cents per p o u n d , or roughly $100 p e r ton. T h e c u r r e n t carlot quotation for the agricultural grade is $105 per ton, delive r e d , for the 4 5 % nitrogen grade. T h e industrial or resin grade is around $ 1 2 0 p e r ton, delivered, a n d is usually designated 46% N . The new urea plants which are scheduled to go on stream in 1956 inc l u d e those of Shell Chemical at Vent u r a , Calif., a n d Southern Nitrogen Co. stt Savannah. Production from the n e w G r a c e Chemical unit at Memphis opera-ting the Peehiney process and rated at 1 5 0 tons a day is probably included in t h e 1955 government output total. T h e s a m e might b e said for the unit erected
last year by Grand River Chemical < Deere) at Pryor, Okla., using the same process and scheduled for 275 tons a day. Not included probably is t h e new production of urea by Standard of Ohio at a new unit in Lima, Ohio, now operating with capacity for 120 tons a day. • O r g a n i c Expansion. Government data for 1955 show there are now five chemicals in the billion pound class. They are methanol, formaldehyde, styrène, ethyl alcohol, a n d ethylbenzene. Methanol is the starting material for formaldehyde and ethylbenzene is the intermediate step in styrene manufacture. Organic chemical production, apart from such things as resins, rubber, or fibers, is now well beyond t h e 20billion-pound mark. The total rose 19% last year. Acrylonitrile m a d e one of the outstanding gains in 1955 with an output of 117,686,000 pounds, a one-year rise of almost 8 7 % . This chemical, important in processing of Orion and Acrilan acrylic fibers, also reflected n e w manufacturing capacity. American Cyanamid, the largest producer, brought in its large plant at N e w Orleans, a n d this year further stimulated demand through a price reduction. O n e other important acrylonitrile venture is the one at Calvert City built by the B. F . Goodrich
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