# INVISTA plans $1B+ ADN plant groundbreaking in Shanghai for June 16

INVISTA Nylon Chemicals is progressing with its adiponitrile (ADN) plant at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, with a groundbreaking ceremony planned for June 16, 2020. The over $1 billion investment will produce 400,000 tons/year of ADN.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-05-18
- Where: Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, China
- Value: $1.00B
- Starts operating: Q1 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 400,000 tons/year
- Products: adiponitrile, nylon 6,6 intermediates
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Invista](https://endata.com/companies/4454.md)
- [Fluor](https://endata.com/companies/901.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [invista.com](https://www.invista.com/news/china-adn-project-update), 2020-05-18: "The team is planning a June 16 groundbreaking ceremony for the over $1 billion USD (more than 7 billion RMB) investment."
- [engineeringnews.co.za](https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/adiponitrile-plant-china-2020-06-12), 2020-06-12: "The project involves the construction of a new 400-kiloton-a-year ADN plant."
- [invista.com](https://www.invista.com/news/invista-holds-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-400-000-ton-year-adn-plant-in-shanghai), 2020-06-16: "INVISTA Nylon Chemicals (China) Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai today to officially mark the start of construction on its 400,000-ton/year adiponitrile (ADN) plant."
- [yicaiglobal.com](https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/invista-breaks-ground-on-usd1-billion-nylon-materials-plant-in-shanghai), 2020-06-17: "Invista has begun construction of a new CNY7 billion (USD1 billion) plant in Shanghai designed to produce adiponitrile, a raw material used in the production of Nylon 66."

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