INVISTA Announces The Establishment Of A New Asia-Pacific R&D Center in Shanghai

On June 16, 2021, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Adiponitrile (ADN) production base of INVISTA Nylon Chemical (China) Co., Ltd. was held in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. The project has a total investment of more than 7 billion yuan. It is planned to be put into operation in 2022. After it is put into operation, it will achieve an annual output of 400,000 tons.

INVISTA is one of the world's largest manufacturers of adiponitrile. In the past five years, it has invested more than 600 million U.S. dollars (about 4.2 billion yuan) in China to build hexamethylene diamine and nylon 66 polymer factories, but these investments did not involve adiponitrile, which is the upstream nylon industry chain.

After the project is completed, it will be integrated with INVISTA's existing hexamethylene diamine and polymer production bases. Shanghai will have a complete industrial chain from adiponitrile to high-performance polymers and become the world's largest nylon integrated production base.

On June 18th, INVISTA announced the establishment of a new Asia-Pacific research and innovation center in Shanghai. The unveiling ceremony of the project was held in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) on the same day. INVISTA said that the Asia-Pacific R&D Center will focus on the demand for engineering polymer applications in key areas such as automobiles, electronics and electrical appliances. The center is scheduled to officially operate at the end of 2021.

It is worth noting that this is INVISTA’s first nylon 6,6 application R&D center in Asia. The project investment exceeds 95 million RMB (approximately US$15 million), marking INVISTA’s perfection of nylon 6,6 in China. Another important milestone in the value chain to better serve the evolving needs of customers in China and the Asia-Pacific region.

The INVISTA Asia-Pacific Research and Innovation Center will be located in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park and will be one of the first projects to enter the Shanghai International Innovation Center for New Chemical Materials (INNOGREEN). According to reports, the center covers an area of approximately 2500 square meters and will be equipped with advanced polymer R&D equipment to provide customers with testing services while boosting the development of polymer applications. The center also has the capabilities of polymer modified extrusion granulation and injection molding, as well as experimental equipment for resin analysis and testing.