# DOMO Chemicals to build €12 million nylon plant in Zhejiang, China

DOMO Chemicals announced plans for a new nylon compounding plant in Zhejiang, China, with an investment of €12 million. The plant will have an initial capacity of 25,000 tons/year, expandable to 50,000 tons/year, and production is expected to start in Q4 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-02-20
- Where: DuShan, Pinghu, Zhejiang, China
- Value: $13.0M (12.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: Q4 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 25,000 tons/year (initial), 50,000 tons/year (long-term)
- Products: nylon 6, nylon 6.6, high temperature nylon
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Domo Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/28583.md)

## Sources

- [live.domochemicals.com](https://live.domochemicals.com/en/media/press-releases/domo-chemicals-invest-eu12-million-new-nylon-plant-china), 2020-03-13: "DOMO Chemicals, a leading producer of high-quality engineering materials for a diverse range of markets, has announced plans for a new state-of-the-art plant in Zhejiang, China."
- [canplastics.com](https://www.canplastics.com/automotive/domo-chemicals-to-build-nylon-compounding-plant-in-china/1003452360/), 2020-03-13: "The new plant will be capable of producing 50,000 tonnes of sustainable and innovative engineered nylon compounds each year."
- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/fiber-world/2020/03/domo-chemicals-to-open-nylon-plant-in-china/), 2020-03-26: "Despite the current coronavirus challenges, we are confident that China will lead the world in embracing a future generation of sustainability and e-mobility solutions."

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