# Yantai Tayho to build $89M para-aramid fiber plant in Ningxia

Yantai Tayho Advanced Materials plans to invest CNY 600 million (USD 89 million) in a para-aramid fiber plant in northwest China, with construction starting at the end of August 2018 and trial production expected in early 2020. The plant will have an annual capacity of 3,000 tons.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-20
- Where: northwest China, China
- Value: $89.0M (600.0M CNY)
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 3,000 tons per year
- Products: para-aramid fiber
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Yantai Tayho Advanced Materials](https://endata.com/companies/33261.md)

## Sources

- [yicaiglobal.com](https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/tayto-plans-para-aramid-factory-to-meet-cable-demand-for-5g-networks), 2018-07-23: "The factory will include polymerization, spinning and solvent recovery equipment and supporting utilities with construction to begin at the end of next month."

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