Grupa Azoty, the Polish chemicals and plastics producer based at Tarnow, has announced plans for a second polyamide 6 production facility at its site in the the special economic zone at Tarnow.

The new 80,000 t/y plant, scheduled to go on stream in 2016, will cost around €77 million. It will be erected adjacent to an existing plant for which the company has not quantified capacity.

Both facilities will use caprolactam feedstock produced at the site.

Azoty said the new plant reflects rising demand for PA from the automotive sector and other industries using structural fibres. It also creates a captive outlet for the company's caprolactam production in the face of falling retail prices for the PA feedstock due to global overcapacity.

Due to the oversupply in China, the Polish company has abandoned plans for a production facility there.