Rhodia Polyamide South Korea Polymerization Unit construction on schedule

Rhodia announced last week that the construction of its new 48kt Polyamide 6.6 salt and polymerization plant in Onsan, South Korea is on schedule and that plant start-up is set for early December 2007.

Rhodia invested almost 40 million euros in the design and construction of the company's first polymerization unit in Asia. Rhodia already has two engineering plastics compounding facilities in China and South Korea and recently opened a new technical application development center in Shanghai.

"Demand in Asia for Rhodia Polyamide's 6.6 range comprising Technyl and Stabamid polymers has enjoyed a very high annual growth rate of more than 40% in recent years," says Dominique Rage, President Rhodia Polyamide Intermediates and Polymers.