About six months after starting up its hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant at China's Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (see Plasteurope.com of 26.04.2016), Invista (Wichita, Kansas / USA; www.invista.com) in late October celebrated the grand opening of the site, which includes a 150,000 t/y PA 6.6 facility. The plant’s output is mostly earmarked for growing demand in China and Asia, the company said.

In response to a Plasteurope.com query, a spokeswoman for Invista said it has not yet progressed with the planned 300,000 t/y ADN facility at the site, which would ensure full backward integration. She added, however, that the company still plans to invest in the site.

The start-up comes about a month after Invista's Engineering Polymer Solutions division was acquired by fellow polyamide producer RadiciGroup (Bergamo / Italy; www.radicigroup.com) – see Plasteurope.com of 16.09.2016.