Trebled polyamide

Arkema has announced a threefold production increase at its Changshu plant near Shanghai by 2013. These new polyamide capacities will help the company meet the sharply growing demand from its Asian customers, in particular in the automotive and energy markets. This capacity increase covers products from the Rilsan (PA 11) and Rilsamid (PA 12) families, and will entail the construction of a new production line with a polymerization capacity of 6,000 metric tons. The plant will start producing in the first half of 2012, reaching full capacity by summer 2013.