# Solvay approves SGPPL as Torlon PAI moulder in China

Solvay has added Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics' Minhang, Shanghai site as a qualified injection moulder of its Torlon polyamide-imide resin.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2016-11-30
- Where: Minhang, Shanghai, China
- Status: completed
- Products: Torlon polyamide-imide (PAI) resin, injection moulded components
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Solvay](https://endata.com/companies/1830.md)
- [Solvay](https://endata.com/companies/1830.md) (partner)
- [Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics](https://endata.com/companies/3256.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [innovationintextiles.com](https://innovationintextiles.com/sgppl-receives-solvays-torlon-pai-certified-moulder-approval-in-china/), 2016-11-30: "Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is the first company to gain certified Torlon PAI injection moulder status in two different regions of the world."
- [smart-molding.com](https://smart-molding.com/news/491), 2016-12-14: "Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (SGPPL) is the first company to gain certified Torlon® PAI injection molder status in two different regions of the world."

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