Bookmark 05-16-2016

Domo Chemicals Opens New Nylon Plant in China

The new plant in Jiaxing will serve Asian customers with an extensive variety of product solutions (© Domo Engineering Plastics)

Domo Chemicals has opened a new Nylon compounding faciltiy in Jiaxing, China. The new plant realizes 10,000 tons production capacity and it is planned to add 5,000 tons in 2017, and another 5,000 tons in 2019.

As part of Domo Engineering Plastics’ global manufacturing network, the new plant will serve Asian customers with an extensive variety of product solutions including Domamid Nylon 6 and 6.6 or High Temperature Nylon (HTN) functionalized compounds to serve the automotive, electrical and consumer goods industries. In addition, the new compounding unit in Jiaxing offers customers a “Fast Response Colormatch Service” for pre-colored nylon compounds.

"The new plant emphasized our commitments to investing in Asia to meet their increasing expectations. We have seen a clear signal that the market demand for high value and high quality engineering plastics is increasing. For example, we have doubled our sales in the past year, and the automotive application, especially the under-the-hood applications, is driving this increase," commented Ludovic Tonnerre, Asia Managing Director at Domo Engineering Plastics.