Invista's Asian Initiatives
Invista announced plans to build a nitric-acid plant on Jurong Island in Singapore. Nitric acid is one of the components of adipic acid, which the company uses to manufacture nylon, polyurethane and other products. The factory is adjacent to Invista’s existing adipic-acid plant and is expected to be complete by mid-2009. Invista’s Intermediates division signed a Land Reservation Agreement with the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Development Co. and plans to build a production plant that will utilize the company’s proprietary butadiene-based technology to produce hexamethylene diamine (HMD) and adiponitrile (ADN), as well as a variety of specialty intermediate chemicals and nylon 6.6 polymer. The plant is expected to begin production in 2010.
