DESIGNING ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS
LUMMUS
FOR THE PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
385 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 17, NEW YORK
Lummus-Built Plant Will Double Phthalic Capacity For Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical P a i n t a n d Plastics Producers to Benefit From Expansion T o - double the phthalic anhydride capacity of Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Company's Coal Chemicals Division, T h e Lummus Company is engineering and constructing a $3,000,000 plant on Neville Island in the Ohio River below Pittsburgh. T h e new plant, to be completed by Fall 1956, is a furt h e r step in P i t t s b u r g h Coke's chemical expansion. This second installation is being built because plasticizer and alkyd resin manufacturers need more phthalic. Since 1949, vinyl plastics c o n s u m p t i o n h a s risen 1 0 0 % ; alkyd resin paints 5 0 % ; polyester plastics 4 0 0 %. Phthalic, as a basic r a w material for these industries, is in ever-increasing demand. Increased phthalic consumption by Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical's o w n Plasticizer Division has also b e e n a major factor in the company's planning· A s a result of its long chemical e x p e r i e n c e , L u m m u s is w e l l
Artist's conception of expanded facilities.
equipped t o carry out this project for the manufacture of phthalic. T h e new facilities will incorporate many improvements in production efficiency and product purity. Other current chemical projects at Lummus include ammonia and ammonia products installations, a vinyl acetate unit and acetylene d e r i v a t i v e s f a c i l i t i e s . A n d our books show hundreds of completed plants f o r a wide range of products from ethylene through butadiene.
W h e n you plan your next plant, call on Lummus—designing engineers and constructors for the petroleum and chemical industries. T h e Lummus Company, 3 8 5 Madison Avenue, N e w York 17, N . Y . Engineering and Sales Offices: N e w York, Houston, Montreal, London, Paris, T h e H a g u e , Bombay. Sales Offices: Chicago, Caracas. Heat Exchanger Plant: Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Fabricated Piping Plant: E a s t Chicago, Indiana. FEB.
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