# INVISTA expands nylon 66 capacity at Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone

INVISTA is debottlenecking its hexamethylenediamine (HMD) and polymer plants in Shanghai, increasing HMD capacity by 101,000 tons/year and polymer capacity by 37,700 tons/year. Additionally, a new polymer workshop (2.0 project) will add 242,500 tons/year of nylon 66 capacity. Total investment is about 1.965 billion yuan.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-08-30
- Where: Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone, China
- Value: $290.0M (1.97B CNY)
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: HMD: 316,000 tons/year; polymer: 482,200 tons/year
- Products: hexamethylenediamine, nylon 66 polymer
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [echemi.com](https://www.echemi.com/cms/888356.html), 2022-08-30: "After the completion of the 2.0 project and the debottleneck transformation project, the INVISTA polymer plant can achieve an annual production capacity of 482,200 tons."

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