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Shortage results in unprecedented PA 6.6 price

The price of PA6.6 resin has increased by EUR 1,500 per ton in the past 18 months.

5th October 2018

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Paris

Transport/​Aerospace

Only five sites worldwide produce adiponitrile – one of the key components required to PA 6.6 – one in France, one in Japan and three in the United States.  A number of plastics manufacturers have recently declared Force Majeure, interrupted their production of PA 6.6 and imposed quotas on their customers.

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