Fujian Shen Yuanxin Material Co., Ltd. will commence operation of a 400,000-ton/year caprolactam (CPL) plant as the first phase of a 1-million-ton/year plant project in Lianjiang County, Fuzhou, Fujian Province (China) next month. Operation of the second phase (600,000 ton/year) is scheduled for 2019. When this project is completed, its total production capacity will be of the world’s largest scale. Investments in this project amount to RMB 40 billion.
The world’s most advanced production technology is being introduced, such as equipment from Dutch chemical maker DSM.