Description: There are two good reasons New Process Fibre maintains an extensive capability in thermoplastics extrusion. The foremost is to assure an unlimited supply of top quality material for our ...

AdvanSix is pushing the boundary of sustainability for polyamide, commonly known as nylon. The Parsippany, NJ, has developed nylon products made from 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content. The ...

A new method could make producing the precursor to nylon much more environmentally friendly, researchers report. The chemical and allied industries face challenges such as ready access to reliable ...

Growing market demand for nylon 6,6 resin is the driver behind plans by Ascend Performance Materials (Houston, TX) to increase production capacity across its intermediate chemicals and polymers ...

A team reported that in its search to develop an innovative, environmentally friendly process to make adiponitrile (ADN) -- the main precursor to nylon 6, 6 -- it found a way to greatly improve the ...

A team of researchers at NYU have presented a new chemical reactor type that synthesizes a precursor for nylon production through electrosynthesis, rather than a thermal based reaction. The need for ...

Invista (China) Investment Co. and China Pingmei Shenma Group signed a suite of agreements that establish a strategic relationship for the five-year purchase and sale of adiponitrile (ADN) and adipic ...

• Nylon is a synthetic polymer originally developed by DuPont in the 1930s, marking a major innovation in the textile industry as the first fully synthetic fibre. • It is derived from petroleum-based ...