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Electrolytic chlorine reacted with ethylene to make vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), then polymerized to PVC; chlor-alkali plant byproduct.
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What depends on it
1 essential American goods rely on chlorine (vcm / pvc synthesis) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Who makes it
1 company produce chlorine (vcm / pvc synthesis).
Olin Corporation ammunition division; operates East Alton IL (historic Winchester site) and Oxford MS factories; ~30% of US primer production through Winchester-branded primers; East Alton has produced primers since 1892; also makes lead styphnate in-house for Winchester ammunition
