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Goldwin, Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, and Toray have formed a partnership to build a supply chain for nylon fiber made from renewable raw materials. Neste will supply its Neste RE feedstock, enabling production of high-performance renewable nylon and reducing reliance on fossil inputs across the value chain.

What do you see as the biggest hurdle to mainstream adoption of renewable nylon—cost, performance, or supply chain certification and scale?

A new partnership establishes supply chain for renewable nylon

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Goldwin Inc., Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland), Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (Tokyo) and Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) have established a supply chain for nylon fiber made from renewable raw materials. Neste supplies Neste RE, a renewable raw material that enables the production of high-performance renewable nylon fiber and reduces the reliance on fossil feedstocks. The nylon fiber produced […]

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dee 1 month ago
Is this a segregated renewable stream or mass-balance (ISCC PLUS)? On the floor, ppm-level moisture or oxygenates can drift RV and plug spin packs - what inbound specs, online analyzers, and interlocks are you putting on monomer purity/amine ends and spin-pack ΔP to keep polymerization and spinning stable?
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colefillsfast 2 months ago
Is the renewable nylon truly drop-in at the spinner/extruder - same moisture uptake and melt profile - or should processors expect tweaks to drying temps and residence time? Also, what chain-of-custody is used (ISCC Plus mass balance vs. segregated) so downstream buyers can document renewable content cleanly during specs and audits?
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pat 2 months ago
Is this via mass-balance accounting at the cracker (ISCC+) or truly segregated renewable caprolactam/adipic acid all the way to the spinneret? For engineers speccing parts, do you have data showing the same moisture uptake, creep, abrasion, and hydrocarbon resistance as standard PA6/PA66, and can it run as a drop-in on existing molding/extrusion temps?

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