Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in The Netherlands, today announces that the second polymerization plant for Stanyl® polyamide 46 on the Chemelot site in Geleen (Netherlands) has opened. The new plant doubles DSM’s worldwide production capacity for this high-performance plastic, supporting expected continuous strong growth in the coming years based on the leading position of Stanyl® in electronics and the growing usage in automotive applications due to higher demand for metal replacement. DSM has invested several tens of millions of euros in the new plant.

Stanyl® is an aliphatic polyamide with unique properties used in automotive, electronics and industrial applications. DSM is the inventor and sole producer of polyamide 46 worldwide which is being sold to customers under the brand name Stanyl®. The two polymerization plants in Geleen provide Stanyl® base resin to DSM compounding operations worldwide in Europe, the United States, Japan, India and China.

The decision to build the new plant was taken at the end of 2006. DSM chose Chemelot as the site to build the plant as capacity to manufacture high-purity diaminobutane is also located in Geleen. Diaminobutane is the key monomer in the production of Stanyl.

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