Invista installed Nylon 6,6 Polymer Manufacturing Facility in China
China: In 2014, Invista proposed
the construction of hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant and a nylon 6,6 polymer
plant in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in China. The HMD plant has already
started in April 2016 whereas the polymer manufacturing plant is expected to
begin in the second half of 2016. The production capacity of hexamethylene
diamine plant which has already stared is 0.215 million tons per year and the
production capacity of nylon 6,6 polymer plant is expected to be 0.15 million
tons per year. The company also has plans to start an additional adiponitrile
(ADN) plant at the site with a capacity of 0.3 million tons. The total
investment in the three plants is expected to be more than USD1 billion, which
will be located in close proximity with each other. Company’s three plants are
installed with advanced manufacturing technologies for ADN, HMD and polymer
production. These facilities are expected to be the world's most
energy-efficient facilities of Invista.
TechSci Research depicts that
the set-up of new production facility for hexamethylene diamine, adiponitrile
and nylon 6,6 polymer products would help the company serve better to the
increasing demand for these chemicals in Asia Pacific market. Also, nitric acid
which is used in the manufacturing of above chemicals would experience higher
demand and grow with magnificent growth rate in coming years.
According to the recently
published report by TechSci Research, “Global
Nitric Acid Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2021” Nitric Acid is a strong mineral acid
and manufactured commercially by the catalytic combustion of ammonia. It is an
eroding acid that turns colorless in its pure form and pale yellow due to
decomposition of oxides. Demand for crops and vegetables has risen remarkably
in recent years, as a consequence of various macroeconomic factors such as high
population growth. Increasing demand for food produce is promoting the adoption
of more and better fertilizers by the farmers to meet the need and take the
explore the rising opportunities. The ammonium nitrate based fertilizers are
extensively preferred by the farmers, thus creating demand for the nitric acid.
Also, Adipic acid, used in manufacturing of nylon 6,6 which is used in various
end-user industries such as automotive, textiles and tire among others, is one
of the applications which use nitric acid during manufacturing process. These
factors are altogether projecting a brighter and even better future for the
product across the globe.