The following inventory lists the known producers of ODS during the years 1986 to 1995. Last known production capacities are listed, except for plants known to be closed. Production capacity does not equal actual production; in industrial countries, Montreal Protocol regulations have limited the amount of production allowed at many of these plants considerably below the actual capacities.
ARGENTINA
CFC + HCFC-22 Production Plant:
Du Pont (Ducilio) Closed in late
1993/early 1994.
AUSTRALIA
CFC Production Plants:
Monsanto (Sydney, New South
Wales) Operated under name of
Australian Fluorine Chemicals.
Apparently closed in 1989.
Pacific Chemicals Industries
(Sydney, New South Wales)
Joint venture between Elf-
Atochem and Dutch bank. To
end production in November
1995.
HCFC-22 Production Plant:
Pacific Chemicals
BRAZIL
CFC Production Plants:
1995 Production Capacity: 20,000
tonnes.
Du Pont Pledged to phase-out
production by end of 1995.
Hoechst (Suzano) Pledged to
phase-out production by end of
1995.
HCFC-22 Plants:
1995 Production Capacity: 10,000
tonnes.
Du Pont
Hoechst (Suzano)
Methyl Chloroform Plant:
Dow Capacity: 13,000 tonnes.
CANADA
CFC Production Plants:
Allied-Signal (Amherstburg,
Ontario) Closed in 1993.
Du Pont (Maitland, Ontario)
Closed in January 1993.
HCFC-22 Production Plant:
Allied-Signal (Amherstburg,
Ontario)
CHINA
CFC Production Plants:
Overall Capacity (1995): at least 50,000
tonnes.
Producers include:
Jinan Chemicals
Quzou Chemicals
Taizhou
Others unknown
HCFC-22 Plants:
Overall Capacity (1995): at least 20,000
tonnes
Producers include:
Jinan Chemicals
Jinsha
Taizhou
Others unknown
HCFC-141b/142b Plants:
Producers unknown. Other HCFC
producers in China include
Changziang, Fushun, Fuxing,
Henan No 1, Shanluo and
Shanghai Chlor-Alkali.
Halon-1211, -1301; Methyl Bromide;
Methyl Chloroform:
Producers unknown
Note: Elf-Atochem is planning to enter
into a joint venture with a Chinese
company to produce HCFCs and
possibly CFCs in 1996.
CZECH REPUBLIC
CFC Production Plant:
Spolek Chemical Works
/Spolchemie (Usti-nad-Labem)
To close end of 1995, may
convert to HCFCs.
FRANCE
CFC Production Plants:
Elf-Atochem (Pierre-Benite and
Salindres) Salindres plant closed
in 1990. Remaining production
shifted to Spain plant in 1995.
HCFC-22 Production Plants:
Elf-Atochem (Pierre-Benite and
Salindres) 1995 Capacity: less
than 40,000 metric tons.
HCFC-141b/142b Plants:
Elf-Atochem (Pierre-Benite)
1995 Capacity: 40,000 tonnes.
Solvay (Taveaux) 1995
Capacity: Expanding to 40,000
tonnes.
Methyl Bromide Plant:
Elf-Atochem (Port du Bouc,
Bouches du Rhone)
Halon 1211 and Halon 1301 Plant:
Elf-Atochem
Methyl Chloroform Plant:
Producer Unknown.
GERMANY
CFC production plants:
Hoechst (Frankfurt) Closed May
1994.
Solvay (Baden-Wimpfen)
Produced under subsidiary's
name (Kali-Chemie) Closed July
1994.
VEB Chemiewerk (Nunchritz) in
former E. Germany, also known
as Fluorwerke Dohna
HCFC-22 plants:
Hoechst (Frankfurt) 1995
Capacity: 20,000 tonnes.
Solvay (Baden-Wimpfen) 1995
Capacity: 12,000 tonnes.
VEB Chemiewerk (Nunchritz)
Halon-1211 and -1301 plant:
Solvay (Baden-Wimpfen) Closed
in 1991.
Methyl Chloroform plant:
Dow Closed in 1994.
GREECE
CFC Production Plant:
SICNG (Thessaloniki) 1995
Capacity: 17,000 tonnes - CFCs;
to close by end of 1995. Sixty
percent of SICNG is owned by
the National Bank of Greece;
27% by Rhone-Poulenc; and 13%
by an individual. Production
started in 1974.
HCFC-22 Production:
SICNG (Thessaloniki) 1995
Capacity: At least 4,500 tonnes.
Production started in 1988.
INDIA
CFC + HCFC-22 Plants:
1995 Capacity: 30,000 tons
CFCs/HCFCs (all are swing plants)
Chemplast/Chemical & Plastics
India Ltd.
Gujarat Fluorochemicals
(Gujarat)
Mettur Chemicals
Navin Fluorine (Gujarat)
Shwram Fibres/SRFF (Delhi)
Halon-1211, Halon-1301, Methyl
Bromide and Methyl Chloroform Plants:
Producers unknown. 1995
Capacities: At least 1,000 tonnes
halons, 2,000 tonnes methyl
bromide, and 1,500 tonnes
methyl chloroform.
ISRAEL
Methyl Bromide Plant:
Dead Sea Bromide (Beer-
Sheva) 1995 Capacity: At least
75,000 tonnes.
ITALY
CFC Production Plants:
Ausimont (Porto Marghera and
Spinetta Marengo) 1994
Capacity: 10,000 tonnes at Porto
Marghera for CFCs 113, 114, and
115 only; 40,000 tonnes at
Spinetta Marengo for CFCs 11
and 12 only. Ausimont is a
subsidiary of Montcatini.
HCFC-22 Production Plant:
Ausimont (Spinetta Marengo)
1995 Capacity: 22,000 tonnes at
Porto Marghera
HCFC-123a/124a Plant:
Ausimont (Porto Marghera)
1995 Capacity: Expanding
capacity to 30,000 tonnes.
JAPAN
CFC production plants:
Asahi Glass (Ichihara) Closed
before May 1995.
Central Glass (Ube and
Yamaguchi) Expected to close
by end of 1995.
Daikin (Kashima, Osaka and
Yodogawa) 1995 Capacity: at
least 70,000 tonnes.
Mitsui-DuPont (Chiba and
Shimizu) 1995 Capacity: 30,000
tonnes. .
Showa Denko (Kawasaki and
Ube) 1995 Capacity: 12,000
tonnes. Ube plant closed in June
1989. .
HCFC-22 plants:
Asahi Glass (Ichihara) 1995
Capacity: At least 20,000 tonnes.
Daikin (Kashima and Yodogawa)
Mitsui-DuPont (Chiba and
Shimizu) Has also produced
limited amounts of HCFC-123a
and HCFC-141b
Showa Denko (Kawasaki) Also
has planned to produced HCFC-
123a and HCFC-141b
HCFC-123a/124a plants:
Asahi Glass (Kashima) 1995
Capacity: At least 1,000 tonnes.
Mitsui-DuPont (Chiba and
Shimizu) 1995 Capacity: 10,000
tonnes.
HCFC-141b/142b plants:
Asahi Glass (Kashima)
Expanding production capacity to
17,000 tonnes. Asahi is also
producing HCFC-225ca and
225cb here.
Central Glass (Kawasaki).
Expanding.
Daikin (Kashima and Yodogawa)
1995 Capacity: 15,000 tonnes.
Halon-1211 and -1301 plants:
Asahi Glass Closed by end of
1993.
Daikin Closed by end of 1993.
Nippon Halon Closed by end of
1993.
Methyl Bromide plants:
Doukai Kagaku (Kitakyushu City,
Fukuoka-ken) 1995 Capacity: At
least 1,500 tonnes. Started
production in 1988.
Ichikawa Gousei (Chiba Plant:
Chiba City, Chiba-ken) 1995
Capacity: At least 150 tonnes.
Nihon Kayaku (Kashima-gun,
Ibaraki-ken) 1995 Capacity: At
least 1,500 tonnes.
Nippou Kagaku (Senmachi
Plant: Isumi-gun, Chiba-ken)
1995 Capacity: At least 1,500
tonnes.
Sankou Kagaku (Sagami Plant:
Kousa-gun, Kanagawa-ken)
1995 Capacity: At least 2,400
tonnes.
Teijin Kasei (Mihara City,
Hiroshima-ken) 1995 Capacity:
At least 3,100 tonnes.
Methyl Chloroform plants:
Asahi Kasei (Hyuga, Miyazaki)
Asahi-Penn (Ichihara)
Central Chemical (Kawasaki)
Kanto Denka (Mizushima)
Toagosei (Tokushima)
Tosoh (Shin-Nanyo, Yamaguchi)
MEXICO
CFC and HCFC-22 Production:
DuPont Formerly known as
Halocarburos S.A. (DuPont
subsidiary). Intended to end
production by end of 1994.
Quimobasicos Subsidiary of
Allied-Signal.
NETHERLANDS
CFC Plants:
Allied Signal (Weert) Purchased
from Akzo Chemie in March
1994. 1995 Production Capacity:
25,000 tonnes.
Du Pont (Dordrecht) Closed in
June 1994.
HCFC-22 Plant:
Du Pont (Dordrecht). No longer
prùÝ0koduces for emissive use.
ROMANIA
CFC, Methyl Bromide and Methyl
Chloroform Plants:
Producers unknown. 1995
Capacities: 2,000 tonnes CFCs;
small amounts methyl bromide;
100 tonnes methyl chloroform.
RUSSIA
CFC Production Plants:
Overall capacity 1995: over 75,000
tonnes.
Altaichimprom Production
Association (Slavogorod, Altay)
1995 production capacity: 30,000
tons.
Kirovo Chepetsky Chemical
Plant (Kirovo-Chepetsk,
Kirovskiy). Produces CFC 113
and 114.
Production Association
Kaustik (Volgograd). Produces
CFC 11 and 12.
Redkinskiy experimental plant
(Konakovskiy, Tver). Produces
CFC 13 only.
Ural Industrial Union Halogen
(Perm City) Produces CFC 11
and 12.
Volgograd Chemical
(VOCCO/Chimprom) (Volgograd)
Produces CFC 11, 12, 113.
HCFC-22 Plants:
Kirovo Chepetsky Chemical
Plant (Kirovo-Chepetsk)
Ural Industrial Union Halogen
(Perm City)
HCFC-141b/142b Plants:
Producers Unknown
Halon-1211, 1301, and 2402 Plants:
Producers unknown. Stopped
production of Halon 1211 in 1991;
stopped production of Halon 1301
at end of 1994; 1995 production
capacity of Halon 2402: Less
than 4,000 tonnes.
SPAIN
CFC + HCFC-22 Production Plants:
Elf-Atochem (Zaramillo) 1995
Production capacity: 10,000
tonnes; will produce for export
and essential use after 1995.
Hoechst (Terragona) Ceased
CFC production at end of 1988.
Solvay (Torrelavega) Formerly
Kali-Chemie. Closed in July
1992.
SOUTH AFRICA
CFC + HCFC-22 Production Plant:
Polifin (location unknown).
Former subsidiary of ICI; formerly
known as African Explosives and
Chemicals Industries (AECI). Will
close by end of 1995. 1995
Production Capacity: 10,000
tonnes.
SOUTH KOREA
CFC, HCFC-22 and Halon-1211 Plants:
Hankook Shin Itwa (Ulsan).
Formerly named Ulsan Chemical.
1995 Production Capacity:
10,000 tonnes.
TAIWAN
CFC, HCFC-22 and HCFC-141/142
Plants:
Formosa Plastics (Jenwu City).
UKRAINE
Methyl Bromide Plant:
Producer unknown. 1995
Production Capacity: 2,000
tonnes.
UK
CFC Production Plants:
ICI (Runcorn). Closed, sold
production allowances to
Akzo/Allied plant in 1994.
Rhone-Poulenc (Avonmouth)
Formerly ISC Chemical/Rio Tinto
Zinc. 1994 Production capacity:
25,000 tonnes.
HCFC-22 Plants:
ICI (Runcorn). 1995 Production
capacity: 22,000 tonnes.
Rhone-Poulenc (Avonmouth)
1995 Production capacity: 7,000
tonnes.
Halon-1211 Plant:
ICI (Runcorn) Closed by end of
1993.
Methyl Chloroform Plant:
ICI (Runcorn) 1995 Production
capacity: 70,000 tonnes.
USA
CFC production plants:
Allied-Signal (Baton Rouge,
Louisiana; Danville, Illinois; and
El Segundo, California) Danville
plant closed in August 1994; El
Segundo plant converted to
HCFC-141b/142b in 1992. Baton
Rouge operating, and will
probably produce for export and
essential use after 1995.
DuPont (Antioch, California;
Corpus Christi, Texas;
Deepwater, New Jersey; and
Montague, Michigan) Antioch
plant closed in July 1995;
Deepwater plant ended CFC 11
and 12 production in 1992;
Montague ended production of
CFCs 11 and 12 in July 1995.
Status of DuPont's considerable
production of CFCs 113, 114,
and 115 is unclear. It produced
CFC 113 and 114 in Corpus
Christi and Montague, and CFC
115 in Deepwater, in 1994.
Elf-Atochem (Calvert City,
Kentucky). Elf-Atochem bought
this plant from Pennwalt in 1990.
Closed by end of 1994.
Laroche (Gramercy, Louisiana).
Formerly owned by Kaiser
Aluminum. Closed by end of
1993.
HCFC-22 plants:
Allied-Signal (Baton Rouge and
El Segundo)
DuPont (Antioch, Louisville and
Montague)
Elf-Atochem (Calvert City and
Wichita, Kansas). Wichita plant
formerly owned by Racon.
Wichita plant capacity: 20,000
tonnes; capacity of Calvert City
plant is unclear.
Laroche (Gramercy) Ended
production by end of 1993.
HCFC-123a/124a plants:
Allied-Signal (Geismar,
Louisiana) 1995 Capacity:
13,600 tonnes, expanding to
26,000 tonnes in 1996.
DuPont (Antioch and Corpus
Christi) 1995 Capacity in Corpus
Christi: less than 35,000 tonnes;
capacity of Antioch plant
unknown.
Halocarbon Products (N.
Augusta, South Carolina)
Production very limited.
HCFC-141b/142b plants:
Allied-Signal (El Segundo) 1995
Capacity: 27,000 tonnes.
Ausimont (Thorofare, N.J.)
Bought from Pennwalt in late
1989. 1995 Capacity: 12,500
tonnes.
DuPont (Corpus Christi)
Capacity unknown.
Elf-Atochem (Calvert City) 1995
Capacity: at least 50,000 tonnes.
Laroche (Gramercy) 1995
Capacity: at least 30,000 tonnes.
Halon-1211 plants:
Great Lakes Chemical (El
Dorado, Arkansas) Closed by
end of 1993.
ICI (location unknown) Closed by
end of 1993.
Halon-1301 plants:
DuPont (location unknown)
Closed by end of 1993.
Great Lakes (El Dorado) Closed
by end of 1993.
Methyl Bromide plants:
Ethyl Corp. (Magnolia,
Arkansas) 1995 Capacity:
20,000 tonnes.
Great Lakes (El Dorado) 1995
Capacity: 10,000 tonnes.
Methyl Chloroform plants:
Dow Chemical (Freeport, Texas)
1994 Capacity: 250,000 tonnes.
PPG Industries (Lake Charles,
Louisiana) 1994 Capacity:
175,000 tonnes.
Vulcan (Geismar, Louisiana)
1994 Capacity: 100,000 tonnes.
HBFC-22b1 plant:
Great Lakes (El Dorado) Very
limited production.
VENEZUELA
CFC + HCFC-22 Production:
Produven (location unknown).
Joint venture between Elf-
Atochem and Venezuelan
government.
