In August 2021, Shandong Hualu Hengsheng announced it would build an 80,000 MT/year PA 66 project and a 120,000 MT/year PBAT project in China.
Among which, the investment for the PA66 project will total RMB 3.078 billion and have a construction period lasting from 2021-2023. It will include a 360,000 MT/year nitric acid facility, a 200,000 MT/year AA facility, a 42,000 MT/year hexamethylenediamine facility, and two 40,000 MT/year PA 66 facilities. Requisite utilities, related facilities, and environmental facilities will be built as well.
Investment for the PBAT project will total RMB 4.428 billion and have a construction period lasting from 2021-2023. It will include a 100,000 MT/year acetylene facility, a 720,000 MT/year formaldehyde facility (based on 37%wt), a 300,000 MT/year BDO facility, a 25,000 MT/year Nm³/h PSA hydrogen production facility, a 120,000 MT/year PBAT facility, and a 50,000 MT/year NMP facility. Requisite utilities, related facilities, and environmental facilities will be built as well.
Sources of Information: Chemical Information Weekly