霍尼韦尔考虑出售尼龙化工业务

据悉，彭博社报导，霍尼韦尔正考虑出售旗下尼龙化工业务，该业务主要生产己内酰胺和相关产品。报导称，该业务的售价约为10亿美元，包括位于弗吉尼亚州霍普维尔的北美最大的己内酰胺装置。巴斯夫、日本宇部工业和住友化学也是全球主要的己内酰胺生产商。近年来中国己内酰胺生产商已经面临着盈利的压力。住友化学在2014年关闭了一条己内酰胺生产线。

庞晓华摘译自《Chemical Week》2016-4-11

Bloomberg: Honeywell considering nylon sale

3:46 PM MDT | April 11, 2016

Honeywell is considering selling its nylon chemicals business, a maker of caprolactam and related products, according to a Bloomberg report. The report says that the business could sell for about $1 billion. The business includes North America’s largest caprolactam plant, at Hopewell, VA. BASF and Japanese firms Ube and Sumitomo Chemical also produce caprolactam. Chinese producers have put pressure on margins in the caprolactam business in recent years. Sumitomo shuttered a caprolactam production line in 2014.