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Related Keywords: adiponitrile, China, China Tianchen Engineering Corporation, hexanediamine, manufacturing, nylon, nylon 66, production, raw material, TCC

A giant production site broke ground on Monday in east China's Shandong Province, with an annual production capacity of 1 million tonnes of new nylon materials.

With a total investment of around 20 billion yuan (around 2.83 billion U.S. dollars), the site covers an area about 200 hectares in the city of Zibo.

It will also have an annual production capacity of 500,000 tonnes of hexanediamine, 500,000 tonnes of adiponitrile and 500,000 tonnes of acrylonitrile.

Related Keywords: BASF, DOMO, Europr, France, nylon, nylon 66, Poland, polyamides, polymer, raw material, Recycle, Spain, supply, US

DOMO Chemicals and Solvay have signed today an agreement for DOMO to acquire Solvay’s Performance Polyamides Business in Europe. This includes Engineering Plastics operations in France and Poland; High Performance Fibers in France; Polymer and Intermediates operations in France, Spain & Poland. The agreement also involves a joint venture between BASF and DOMO in France for the production of Adipic Acid. The Business comprises Production, Sales, Technical Support, R&D and Innovation services which currently have a combined headcount of approximately 1100 employees.

Related Keywords: Lealea group, nylon 66

Lealea Enterprise Co, a Taiwanese textile manufacturer established in 1979 produces and sells polyester DTY to provide raw materials to textile manufacturers primarily in Taiwan as part of its expansion plan would spend NT$3.5 billion (US$115.4 million) on capacity expansion in the next three years.

The capacity expansion plan includes building factory to produce nylon 66 chips and yarns from adipic acid and other chemical compounds which will involve an investment to the tune of NT$2.5 billion.