Arkema doubles high performance polyamides capacity in China
To be operational by September 2007
According to Lando Ferretti, Business Unit Director, Technical Polymers : "The expansion of our Changshu site clearly confirms our long-term commitment to our customers and to the market in China and Asia. This capacity increase will play a great part in reinforcing our leadership position in the air brake and fuel line markets for transportation, and in textile applications. It will bring our customers a superior regional service from our competitive base in Changshu".
Moreover, and without waiting for this increase of capacity, Arkema announced that it will start the production of Rilsan® on this site in September 2006 in order to meet the increase in local demand.
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