Global Nylon 6 Production Capacity reach to 8.86 million Tons in 2024
Nylon 6 (polycaprolactam, Polyamide 6 or PA6) is a widely used engineering thermoplastics. It can be made into fiber and yarn which is used in apparel & textile, carpet, fish net, rope, geotextile, conveyor belt, tire cord and air bag. It also can made into nylon packaging film which can be used in food, personal care, pharmaceutical and electronics. Nylon 6 report investigate the global market trend during 2014 to 2024 (base year is 2019) and covers 34 producers around the world.
Nylon 6 is the downstream product of petrochemical industry chain. The most important route of Nylon 6 starts from benzene to caprolactam. Caprolactam is the directly raw material to produce nylon 6 chip. The nylon 6 chip can be used to produce engineering plastics product, film, fiber and yarn. Following chart shows the industrial chain structure of nylon 6.
Figure Nylon 6 Industrial Chain Structure
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The global nylon 6 production capacity reach to 6.83 million tons in 2018 and rapidly increase with 7.7% CAGR from 2011 to 2018 due to China expanding nylon 6 capacity. The global capacity will increase to 8.86 million tons in 2024.
Figure 2011-2024 Global Nylon 6 Production Capacity, Production (1,000 tons) and Growth Rate
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BASF, Li Peng, Highsun Group, DSM, Luxi Chemical, Fujian Zhongjin, Jiangsu Haiyang Chemical Fiber, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation (FCFC), KuibyshevAzot and ZIG SHENG are global leading suppliers of nylon 6. Their production capacity share reach to 48.4% of global total capacity in 2018.
Figure Global Top 20 Nylon 6 Competitors Market Share
Source: HDIN Research
China is the largest Nylon 6 production country with 4.01 million tons installed capacity, following by APAC (1.28 million tons), Europe (1 million tons) and North America (0.55 million tons).
Table 2018 Global Nylon 6 Producers and their Capacity (1,000 tons) List
Source: HDIN Research
This report also include global and regional nylon 6 consumption, market size, price, raw materials and cost analysis, demand by application including apparel & textile, industrial, automotive, packaging.