Introduction of Nylon


Nylon 66 exhibits only about halfthe shrinkage of nylon 6 in steam, for instance. And, with a less openstructure, the 66 fiber has good dye wash fastness and UV light-fastness, andexcellent performance in high-speed spinning processes. Typical advantages ofnylon 66 over nylon 6 are:


  • Higher tensile strength in use
  • Excellent abrasion resistance
  • Higher melting point
  • Tough fibers at fine deniers
  • Excellent performance for tire applications
  • High-speed mill processing


But after research it is been proved that Nylon 6 is moreversatile compare to Nylon 66. Nylon 6 is more eco-friendly, compare to Nylon66. Nylon 6 will grow more in near future compare to Nylon 66. In near futuremore and more plants are coming up in Asia with Nylon 6 production facility,hence definitely their will be new various application will be innovated innear future. Because application of Nylon 6 is quite broad compare to Nylon 66which is as blow.


 


Almost all new capacity is built in Asia, mainly Nylon-6, hence in the market growth Asian Nylon-6 is by far the dominant in Nylon production. Installation of Nylon 6 plant is also requiring less vertical integration. Recently it was found that Nylon 6 is less toxic while burning compare to Nylon 66, hence in this eco-friendly era growth of Nylon-6 is expected to remain healthy. These results in a very dynamic business environment and entrepreneurs can and are entering the Nylon-6 market.


Why Nylon Fabrics/Yarns Used in Automotive Carpets?


  • Highest Abrasion Resistance
  • Highest tenacity
  • Highest soiling
  • Best Light Fastness




While original yarns/fabrics used were variations of 840 denier Nylon 6.6 neoprene coated, todays fabrics are primarily nylon 66 lighter denier/dtex, lower dpf yarns, and silicone coated. Typical yarns and constructions being used and evaluated are plain. Below are the fabric construction used in preparing tyre cord fabrics.

 

  • 210 D/235 dtex, 72X72
  • 315 D/350 dtex, 60X60
  • 420 D/470 dtex, 49X49
  • 525 D/580 dtex, 43X44
  • 630 D/700 dtex, 41X41


Nylon-66 in 2010


While conversation with industry person it was found that Nylon-66 will grow slow and steadily in 2010 as it also has very good fruitful applications like Nylon 66 yarn, conjugate micro filament, tyre cord/fabrics, Agrotech textiles, etc Asian naphtha is responding to the movement of the crude markets, alternately applying and removing some pressure from Caprolactam and PA 6 pricing subject to supply tightness in Caprolactam due to both demand and outages. PA 66 and Adipic acid remain long and slightly declining.


DSM recently announced Vision 2010: a new strategy to accelerate growth, innovation, and portfolio quality. DSM's Vision 2010 will build on the strong foundation of the former Vision 2005 program through which a successful shift of DSMs portfolio to specialty life science and performance material products and more stable and higher earnings were realized. With the rapid progress of auto industry in China, the total demand for tyre is predicted to reach 160 million sets by 2010.The annual demand for tyre fabrics is around 10,000 tons in Liaoning Province only. The provincial government pays special attention in the development of the tyre industry and the necessary tyre fabrics projects. The market of this product is potential and the profit will be great. In near future there are few plants coming up with Nylon 66 production facility are as below, Haian Huayang Nylon Co., Ltd. 3 000,000 ton/year nylon 6,6 resin. DuPont Xingda Filaments Co., Ltd. 1 200,000 ton/year nylon 6, 10 Cixi Jieda Nylon Products Co., Ltd. 600,000 ton/year nylon 6, 10 Pingdingshan Hualun Plastics Co., Ltd. 200,000 ton/year transparent nylon resin Yangzhou and Huaian regions 600,000 ton/year.


 


Top exporter on Nylon Chips during 2007


Country

Trade Value

Net Weight (kg)

USA

$1,324,070,814

480,684,809

Belgium

$1,021,601,591

310,639,340

Italy

$687,859,014

215,823,148

Netherlands

$621,626,946

217,293,106

France

$581,909,802

136,430,387

Japan

$385,832,940

100,176,959

United Kingdom

$379,686,191

156,906,176

Switzerland

$270,034,048

53,068,653

China

$198,493,362

72,574,329

Rep. of Korea

$177,856,302

68,396,154



Top Importer of Nylon Chips During 2007


 Country Trade Value Net Weight (kg)

China

$1,982,363,980

721,170,307

Germany

$1,133,204,000

349,427,708

Belgium

$612,095,927

202,261,247

Italy

$611,507,592

209,511,044

France

$509,006,464

146,350,300

USA

$387,332,258

104,989,491

Rep. of Korea

$314,522,274

102,734,868

United Kingdom

$271,060,584

60,509,326

Japan

$264,122,207

78,856,398

Canada

$198,034,080

69,028,372






 

Historical Production of Nylon Chips


YEAR

USA

Europe

India

China

S Korea

Taiwan

Japan

Others

World

2003

800

670

75

560

228

463

120

564

3480

2004

840

675

80

655

210

505

130

588

3683

2005

810

700

85

680

175

465

120

574

3609

2006

804

683

89

834

163

414

120

560

3667

2007

745

660

95

995

145

385

120

530

3675





Price trend of Nylon chip during last year


Year

Month

Price (US$ / MT)

2007

July

2520


August

2520


September

2570


October

2640


November

2705


December

2745

2008

January

2750


February

2740


March

2760


April

2775


May

2755


June

2800

Source: fibre2fashion


 



References:


  • www.npc-6.com
  • Du-Pont Catalogue Nylon 66
  • United Nations Database
  • PCI Presentation
  • Technon Orbichem