In order to meet the growing global demand for high added-value nylon, Japan-based Ube Industries has decided to invest in additional nylon manufacturing capacity at its subsidiary, UCE (UBE Corporation Europe S.A.U.) in Castellon, Spain. As reported, the expansion will add 40,000 tonnes to make the total capacity reach 70,000 tonnes per year.
The new facility is expected to start operations in the beginning of February 2018. The nylon plant, would utilize Ube proprietary technology and will be able to manufacture various types of medium and high viscosity nylons and copolymers for technical applications such as the automotive industry, food packaging, the manufacture of industrial monofilaments, fishing nets among others.
Ube Industries is one of the largest nylon producers in the world for engineering applications, manufacturing nylon 6 resin at three plants worldwide with a total annual production capacity of 158,000 tonnes. By region, the production capacity is 53,000 tonnes in Japan, 75,000 tonnes in Thailand and 30,000 tonnes in Spain. In particular, UBE Group manufactured nylon has an outstanding reputation for quality and processing stability for extrusion applications such as packaging films.
