# Cangzhou Xuyang Chemical's 300,000-ton caprolactam expansion project ignited

Cangzhou Xuyang Chemical Co., Ltd. successfully ignited its 300,000-ton/year caprolactam expansion project in Cangzhou, China, on August 30, 2022. The project has a total investment of 4.5 billion yuan.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-08-30
- Where: Cangzhou Xuyang Chemical Industrial Park, Cangzhou, China
- Value: $650.0M (4.50B CNY)
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 300,000 tons/year caprolactam, 270,000 tons/year cyclohexanone, 343,000 tons (35%)/year hydrogen peroxide, 450,000 tons/year ammonium sulfate, 80,000 Nm³/h blue carbon hydrogen, 300,000 tons/year synthetic ammonia
- Products: caprolactam, cyclohexanone, hydrogen peroxide, ammonium sulfate, synthetic ammonia
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Cangzhou Xuyang Chemical Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/65122.md)
- [China Chemical Engineering Thirteenth Construction](https://endata.com/companies/60119.md) (partner)
- [Beijing Qingchuang Jinhua Technology Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/65123.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [morpholine.org](https://www.morpholine.org/cangzhou-risun-chemicals-300000-ton-caprolactam-expansion-project-was-successfully-ignited/), 2022-09-05: "the caprolactam expansion project of cangzhou xuyang chemical co., ltd. was successfully ignited and started the original oven work."

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