據悉，彭博社報導，霍尼韋爾正考慮出售旗下尼龍化工業務，該業務主要生產己內酰胺和相關產品。報導稱，該業務的售價約為10億美元，包括位于弗吉尼亞州霍普維爾的北美最大的己內酰胺裝置。巴斯夫、日本宇部工業和住友化學也是全球主要的己內酰胺生產商。近年來中國己內酰胺生產商已經面臨著盈利的壓力。住友化學在2014年關閉了一條己內酰胺生產線。

龐曉華摘譯自《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.