INVISTA plans to take lead in China spandex production
INVISTA Board approved a new Spandex production facility in China
INVISTA to build state-of-the-art nylon 6,6 yarns plant in Shanghai
インビスタ、ハネウェルから上海工場などアジア太平洋地域のナイロン６事業を取得
Invisata files lawsuit seeking damages in excess of $800 million from DuPont
INVISTA sues RHODIA and DUPONT for conspiracy, theft of trade secrets
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| INVISTA, previously known as DuPont
Textiles & Interiors (DTI) and recently acquired by
subsidiaries of Koch Industries, has formed a
wholly-owned company in China and signed a letter of
intent with Foshan Plastics Group Co, Ltd to develop a
new spandex production plant in the country. This is a
key step in advancing INVISTA's first expansion under
Koch’s ownership
and sets it on a path to become the largest spandex
producer in China by 2006. The company would invest more than US$100 million in the new facility in Foshan, Guangdong. "We are planning to install state-of-the-art production technology here in Foshan to provide 12 kilotons of annual capacity when construction is completed in 2006. That will establish our production lead in China and take our spandex capacity across Asia to more than 50 kilotons." |
September 22, 2004 INVISTA letter of intent
INVISTA Expansion
-- First Under New Ownership -- Further Strengthens Company's
Position as World's Leading Spandex Producer
http://www.invista.com/news/2004/pr_040910_guangdong.shtml
First Capital Project under New Ownership Doubles Capacity to
Meet Growing Local Needs
Today, INVISTA announced that its Board of Directors has approved
a new production facility in Foshan, Guangdong, Province of
China. This expansion will continue to position the company as
the world's largest producer of branded and generic spandex in
the world.
The planned expansion, using state of the art technology, will
increase spandex capacity initially by 12 kilotons with potential
for doubling to a 24 kiloton expansion in the next year. The US
$100 million dollar plus project is expected to be complete in
mid-2006. Construction will begin this fall as soon as all
commercial agreements with local entities are in place.
INVISTA JV to Expand Spandex Production in Foshan
On November 14th, INVISTA announced that its INVISTA Fibers (Foshan) Co. Ltd. joint venture (JV) plans to make an additional total investment of US$99.6 million in connection with a planned new production plant at its Foshan site, Guangdong province.
The joint venture spandex production plant, at Xinan Foshan Plastics Group Industrial Park in Sanshui District of Foshan, opened in November 2006, plans to use its additional investment to build a new 12.5 kilotons per year spandex facility next to the existing joint venture site in Foshan.
2005/08/25 丸紅/インビスタ
インビスタ、丸紅と高機能素材の世界発信で合意
http://release.nikkei.co.jp/detail.cfm?relID=108716&lindID=2
丸紅株式会社・インビスタ ジャパン株式会社 共同展示会
「COOL ASIA（クール アジア）」
Functional material from Asian Factories in Tokyo
丸紅のネットワークを通じて、インビスタの高機能素材をアジアから世界にダイナミックに発信
高機能素材を海外で安心して調達したいというニーズに応えるため、アジアを注視するインビスタ社は、繊維とファブリックを衣料に結びつけるダイナミックな活動を展開する丸紅株式会社と、「丸紅の海外ネットワークを通じて、インビスタの高機能素材をアジアから世界にダイナミックに発信する」ことで合意しました。
INVISTA
to build state-of-the-art nylon 6,6 yarns plant in Shanghai
Leading integrated fibers and polymers company will become the
only supplier with automotive airbag fibers production in three
major continents
INVISTA,
the world's leading integrated fibers and polymers producer, will
build a major manufacturing facility to produce nylon 6,6 yarns in the Shanghai area of the
People's Republic of China. The new plant, with annual capacity
of 11
kilotons, is expected to commence
construction later this year.
インビスタ、ハネウェルから上海工場などアジア太平洋地域のナイロン６事業を取得
インビスタ、アジア太平洋地域におけるナイロン６事業を取得
インビスタは本日、ハネウェルとの間に、アジア太平洋地域における同社のナイロン６ＢＣＦ（かさ高長繊維）事業の資産を取得する旨の最終的な合意に達したと発表しました。この資産にはハネウェルの上海工場が含まれており、取得は中国国内の完全な外国資本の企業を通じて行われます。この契約に係る取引の完了は、当局の許可と通常の取引においても含まれている一般的な条件が満足されることを条件として、２００７年初頭を予定しています。
取得対象に含まれる中国上海工場では白色可染糸や原着のナイロン６ＢＣＦの製造設備以外に、エアー混合糸、撚糸、ヒートセット糸を製造する加工設備も含んでいます。
INVISTA to build state-of-the-art nylon 6,6 yarns plant in Shanghai
Invisata files lawsuit seeking damages in excess of $800 million from DuPont
INVISTA filed a lawsuit in federal court here today seeking damages and a court order requiring DuPont to fulfill its contractual obligations arising from safety and environmental noncompliance while DuPont owned certain INVISTA sites.
The lawsuit describes widespread and substantial noncompliance that occurred at the manufacturing facilities during DuPont's ownership and seeks compensatory damages in excess of $800 million, plus punitive damages.
2008/8/18 Invista
INVISTA sues RHODIA and DUPONT for conspiracy, theft of trade
secrets
Suit addresses misappropriation of INVISTA trade secrets,
unlawful competition in nylon chemicals market
In federal court here Friday, INVISTA sued Rhodia and DuPont
alleging they are teaming up to misappropriate INVISTA’s world-leading adiponitrile (ADN)
technology and are unlawfully using INVISTA’s trade secrets to expand in the
nylon chemicals business.
The INVISTA trade secrets at issue relate to its proprietary
process for producing adiponitrile, a critical intermediate
chemical used in the manufacture of nylon 6,6. INVISTA bought the
original technology several years ago from DuPont as
part of a $4.2 billion transaction and has built upon that
technology to earn a world-leading position in the manufacture of
ADN, Jarvis said.
When it sold the technology to INVISTA, DuPont signed an
agreement prohibiting it from competing against INVISTA or
making investments in competitors for an agreed-upon period, which has yet to expire. As
explained in the lawsuit, Rhodia obtained unlawful access to
the trade secrets through a France-based joint venture between
affiliates of INVISTA and Rhodia.
Public statements by Rhodia and DuPont indicate that Rhodia is
using INVISTA’s trade secrets to develop and
operate an adiponitrile (ADN) manufacturing facility in
Asia. DuPont recently
disclosed that it is an investor in Rhodia’s ADN expansion plans.
参考 2008/4/2 Invista、DuPontに8億ドル以上の損害賠償請求
Global Players
- Asahi Kasei Corporation (Japan)
- BASF Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)
- BASF Corp (USA)
- Invista (USA)
- Lanxess AG (Germany)
- Liaoyang Petrochemical (China)
- Radici Partecipazioni SpA (Italy)
- Rhodia SA (France)
- Solutia Inc. (USA)
2008/8/18 Dow Jones
DuPont: 'No Factual Basis' For Invista Trade-Secrets Lawsuit
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. said Monday there's " no
factual basis" for a trade secrets lawsuit filed by Koch
Industries Inc.'s Invista unit against DuPont and France's Rhodia
SA last week.
In a statement, the Wilmington, Del., chemicals giant said it
will "vigorously defend" itself against the action,
which claims DuPont and Rhodia have teamed up to steal Invista's
proprietary technology for the production of a chemical used in
the manufacture of nylon.
"As a science company, DuPont takes great care to protect
its intellectual property, and to respect the intellectual
property rights of others," the company said.
RHODIA continues its development in Asia with the construction of a new polyamide intermediates unit
Rhodia has announced the construction of Hexamethylene Diamine (HMDA) unit in China, as part of its upstream integration in the polyamide chain. With an annual capacity of 60 kt/p.a, the new unit, to serve the fast growing HMDA merchant market in Asia, will be operational in early 2009.
“This decision is fully in line with the strategy of Rhodia Polyamide to focus on our intermediates and engineering plastics businesses in which we hold leadership positions. Our investment will allow Rhodia Polyamide to provide a better service to its customers in Asia and seize new development opportunities in a market enjoying strong growth,” explained Laurent Schmitt, President of Rhodia Polyamide. "As part of the same industrial logic”, he added, “Rhodia is studying the feasibility of building an adiponitrile (ADN) plant in Asia."
This new unit will strengthen Rhodia Polyamide’s already well-established industrial base, developed over the last 15 years in Asia. This base, comprising an adipic acid plant, two engineering plastics compounding plants and a polymerization facility under construction, is situated in China and South Korea.