Goodyear Chemical.
To meet increased demands, Goodyear Chemical has completed a $14 million synthetic polymer Synthetic polymers are often referred to as "plastics", such as the well-known polyethylene and nylon. However, most of them can be classified in at least three main categories: thermoplastics, thermosets and elastomers. expansion at its plant in Beaumont Beaumont, city (1990 pop. 114,323), seat of Jefferson co., Tex., on the Sabine-Neches Waterway; inc. 1838. A ship channel provides the facilities of a modern deepwater port, with shipyards and large storage tanks. Beaumont is a major oil city. , TX. The expansion adds state-of-the-art processing and packaging lines to provide 10,000 metric tons of additional annual capacity of Goodyear Natsyn, a synthetic replacement for natural rubber. Another expansion, scheduled for completion in 1999 at the Beaumont plant, will provide capacity for an additional 18,200 metric tons of Natsyn. Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Akron Akron (ăk`rən), city (1990 pop. 223,019), seat of Summit co., NE Ohio, on the Little Cuyahoga River; inc. 1865. Once the heart of the nation's rubber industry, Akron still contains the headquarters of some rubber corporations and chemical and , OH, announced that a definitive stock purchase agreement for the sale of All American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Pipeline Co., Celeron Gathering Corp. and Celeron Trading & Transportation, in an all-cash transaction, has been entered into with a subsidiary of Plains Resources. Plains is an energy company based in Houston, TX. Aggregate cash proceeds will total approximately $420 million.
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