# Invista to expand nylon 66 capacity at South Carolina facility

Invista's polymers business will invest in its Camden, South Carolina facility to transform it from carpet fiber to nylon 66 polymer production, increasing supply capacity for the merchant market. Construction begins later in 2022 and is expected to be completed in 2024.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-06-21
- Where: Camden, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $60.0M
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 130,000 tons/year nylon 6,6 resin
- Products: nylon 66 polymer
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [ptonline.com](https://www.ptonline.com/news/invista-to-expand-nylon-66-capacity), 2022-06-21: "Invista is known for its high-quality nylon 66 polymer, supported by its world-class, upstream chemical intermediates technologies."
- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-10023-buscon9), 2022-06-27: "Invista is converting nylon 6,6 production at its plant in Camden, South Carolina, from fiber for the carpet market to polymer for the engineering plastics market."
- [morpholine.org](https://www.morpholine.org/invistas-camden-nylon-66-plant-to-exit-fiber-to-supply-commercial-resin/), 2022-07-13: "invista has announced plans to reconfigure its camden, sc nylon-6,6 plant to supply resin to the commercial market rather than fiber to the carpet market."

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