Mitsubishi Prepares for the Startup of its New Nylon Polymers Plant on the East Coast

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). MGC Advanced Polymers Incorporated (Colonial Heights, Virginia), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America Incorporated (New York, New York), is preparing for the commercial start-up and operation of its new plant located in Colonial Heights, Virginia, next month. This new plant cost an estimated $14 million and will initially produce an estimated 10,000 metric tons per year of Nylon-MXD6.

Construction began in November 2003, under the direction of the engineering and construction firm, James N Gray Company (Lexington, Kentucky), which was hired as the project's general contractor. This plant will be Mitsubishi's first site to produce the high gas barrier Nylon-MXD6 product outside of Japan.

Industrialinfo.com began tracking this project in August of 2002 and released these related new articles - Mitsubishi to Construct Grassroot Nylon MXD6 Plant in Virginia and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Selects E&C Firm For New Nylon-MXD6 Plant In Virginia. Once operational, plant contacts, product information and site details of this plant will be immediately available online as part of Industrialinfo.com's Mid Atlantic Region Online Plant Directory.

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