A team of researchers at NYU have presented a new chemical reactor type that synthesizes a precursor for nylon production through electrosynthesis, rather than a thermal based reaction. The need for ...

Growing market demand for nylon 6,6 resin is the driver behind plans by Ascend Performance Materials (Houston, TX) to increase production capacity across its intermediate chemicals and polymers ...

Nylon Corporation of America Inc. (NYCOA) has started production at a third reactor for specialty nylon manufacturing at its Manchester headquarters facility. The new polymerization line will double ...

Invista, a global company specializing in the development of chemical intermediates, polymers and fibers for the nylon and polypropylene (PP) value chains, has been granted a patent for a nylon ...

Use of (not-so)-rare earth metals in large-scale manufacturing applications is expected to economize critical rare earth excavations. Just to be clear, not all rare earth metals are necessarily rare ...