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Invista to upgrade Texas nylon intermediate facility

by Michael McCoy
June 3, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 23

 

A photo of Invista's adiponitrile plant in Victoria, Texas.
Credit: Invista
Invista will upgrade this adiponitrile plant in Victoria, Texas.

Invista will spend $250 million to install new technology for making the nylon 6,6 intermediate adiponitrile from butadiene at its Victoria, Texas, plant. Invista developed the technology at its Orange, Texas, plant and spent $100 million installing it there. The firm is also deploying it at its Butachimie joint venture with Solvay in France.

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