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DSM enters caprolactam jv in China
DSM Fibre Intermediates, part of Dutch chemical group DSM (NL-6401 JH Heerlen; www.dsm.com) and China´s Sinopec Nanjing Chemical Industries Co Ltd. (Beijing; www.sinopec.com) have agreed to form a 60:40 joint venture, DSM Nanjing Chemical Company (DNCC), to produce caprolactam in China. The jv will give DSM its first Asian manufacturing presence for the PA 6 starting material. With the move, the Dutch group is taking a stake in an existing plant operating since 1993, which uses its proprietary technology. Plans are to lift output to 140,000 t/y from currently 60,000 t/y.
05.09.2002 Plasteurope.com [15676]
Published on 05.09.2002