BASF starts production of recycled nylon 6 in China

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The production facility in China has started up the commercial-scale manufacture of GRS-certified recycled nylon 6 polymers from industrial textile waste

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LUDWIGSHAFEN – BASF has started up commercial production of its GRS-certified recycled nylon 6 polymer at a 500 metric tonnes per year facility in Shanghai, China.

It’s the company’s first commercial site to produce its ‘Loopamid’ recycled polymer, which can be based entirely on textile waste – both post-consumer and post-industrial.

 

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