Lanxess has opened its new plant for automotive polyamide plastics in Antwerp, Belgium.

Annual capacity is around 90,000 metric tonnes and the new plant cost EUR75m (US$102.65m). The plant is in a start-up phase and capacity utilisation rate will be increased gradually in coming months.

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All plastics manufactured at Antwerp will be processed within the global network of compounding facilities into finished Durethan-brand products. This new plant for the polymerisation of high-tech plastics has been built close to the groups’s caprolactam factory. With the inauguration of the polyamide plant, Lanxess will be able to increase its captive use of caprolactam.

After polymerisation, the plastics are reinforced among others with glass fibres to further improve their properties and adapt them to customer needs. The fibres are produced at another Lanxess factory in Antwerp.

 

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