Arkema announces a 25% expansion in its global polyamide 12 polymers production capacities to support its customers’ strong demand in Asia, by chemwinfo

Arkema announces an investment plan

to increase by 25% its capacity of polyamide 12 polymers,

commercialized under the trademark Rilsamid®.

This new capacity will be added

at Arkema’s Changshu platform in China

and is expected to come on stream by mid-2020.

With this latest investment plan, Arkema continues

to reinforce its specialty polyamide business

in all three major global regions

– Europe, North America and now Asia.

This investment which represents

several tens of millions of euros, will

support the strong demand in growth applications 

such as 

* cable protection,

* lightweighting (metal replacement) in automobiles,

* improved high performance sports shoes (running, soccer, etc.)

* and evolving applications in the consumer electronics segment.

The mid-term growth rates in these applications

are expected to exceed 7% per year in Asia.

With this latest project, the specialty polyamides business

will continue to bolster its industrial, commercial

and R&D presence in Asia, and

confirms its commitment to supply its global customers locally.