INDUSTRY & BUSINESS M o r t o n Chemical's product lineup: Plant
Product
W e e k s Island, La*
Sodium sulfate ~
Manistee, Mich.
Markets
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Kraft paper and newsprint indus.tries in the South" ~
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Hydrochloric dcicf
Food, oil, and steel " . processing
Activated ^ clay (by mid-1958)
Decolorizing agent in f o o d and p e troleum processing
Magnesium-, car bonate a n d ox} i d e \ " ^ *' -
Steel, rubber, drugs, * printing ink, a n d cosmetics Drugs a n d photo graphic products
Inorganic c . bro-
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rubber, drug, printing ink, and cos metics makers. Inorganic bromides, also produced here, find use in pharma ceutical a n d photographic products. T h e Ringwood plant (operated be fore by subsidiary Ringwood Chemical) makes photographic a n d fine organic chemicals. A major Ringwood product is Panogen, a seed disinfectant, used for treating wheat, oats, barley, flax, sorghum, rye, rice, and cotton. Some of t h e material also goes to the nursery and greenhouse trade. Morton sells soil and grain fumigants through Larvacide Products, acquired in 1957.
Oil Levels Out
T h e trend in demand for U. S. petro leum products is still upward, but the pace slackened last year. Total de mand last year of 3.4 billion barrels was only about 1.4% ahead of the year before. This contrasts with a 4 % gain Fungicide f o r treating Panogenr scored in 1956 and industry estimates , %VV ~ " ι ο v a r i e t y of cropsof a year ago that a further increase of „ * " , ** . o n farms and in from 3 to 5 % would be scored this year. ~ rations in 1957's clos 1: a n e w m e m b e r into its family—Morton industrial users. ing moi..'.., "^g t o API president Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Morton is Property Involved. TV .tisf
