We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Elastane yarns: lower capacity utilization in 2006.
- Abstract
The article discusses global Elastane yarn production for 2006. The Invista Group topped production at 100,000 tons per year. The second top producer is Hyosung Corp. of Korea followed at 54,000 tons per year. Hyosung 's output comes from four production facilities at Jiaxing and Zhuhai, China and at Anyang and Kumi, Korea. Third in the group is Asahi Kasei Group, Japan, which pegged production at 36,500 tons per year. The Asahi Kasei Group in tandem with Lanxess Deutschland GmbH of Leverkusen, Germany, plans to acquire Lanxess' Dorlastan elastane yarn business to pump up production.
- Subjects
KOREA; JAPAN; UNITED States; TEXTILE industry; INVISTA Inc.; HYOSUNG Corp.; ASAHI Kasei Corp.; DORLASTAN Fibers LLC; TEXTILES; YARN
- Publication
Melliand International, 2006, Vol 12, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
0947-9163
- Publication type
Article