DSM to invest in new polymer plant in China to produce Akulon PA6
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Royal DSM N.V. announced that it has decided to invest in a new facility at its Jiangyin site, Jiangsu province, to produce high viscosity grades of Akulon® polyamide 6 (PA6). The new plant is expected to come on stream in Q2 2008. The major proportion of the production is targeted at packaging film producing companies in Asia-Pacific. The investment will amount to several tens of millions of USD.
The new plant will be built at DSM Engineering Plastics' site in Jiangyin where DSM operates a compounding plant that was opened in April this year. The new plant will draw its caprolactam feedstock from the DSM Nanjing Chemical Company, a joint venture of DSM and Sinopec that produces caprolactam in Nanjing.
According to the company, the new plant will use leading technology and will be equipped with best-in-class safety, health and environmental compliance systems. In addition to meeting the growing local demand of the Chinese market, the new plant shall also serve as a prime sourcing base for the entire Asia Pacific region. The facility design allows for additional capacity expansion to accommodate further growth in demand in the future.
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