Fiber Year 2009 CN 3.docVIP

Polyamide 锦纶 Polyamide fibers continued declining by 1.4% to 3.5 million tonnes in 2009. Despite increasing pressure from polyester, textile yarn was up by 8.3% at 1.6 million tonnes. All the other sectors suffered from decreasing activity with the industrial yarn business going down by 7.4% at 0.9 million tonnes, carpet yarn falling 8.0% to 0.7 million tonnes and staple fiber dropping by 15.3% to 215,000 tonnes. 2009年，锦纶纤维持续下滑了1.4%，产量为350万吨。民用丝板块尽管受到了涤纶纤维越来越大的压力，产量仍然上涨8.3%，达到160万吨。其它板块的业务活动都呈下滑态势，其中工业丝下滑7.4%，至90万吨；地毯纱下滑8.0%，至70万吨；短纤维下滑15.3%，至21.5万吨。 锦纶纤维产量 民用长丝 工业用长丝 地毯纱 短纤维 Continuously rising caprolactam prices, almost doubling until year-end, have resulted in increasing prices of the subsequent products. Furthermore, the depressed housing market in the United States and lower vehicle build rates have put additional strain on the industry. VDA reported a 13.2% decline in world automotive production at 60 million vehicles. As about three quarters of nylon industrial filament have been targeting the automotive industry, lower build rates directly affect the demand for tires and airbags. Although the polyester lobby has been trying to branch out into this segment for several years, the airbag sector still is a 100% nylon market. However, trials are underway in the coated fabrics sector to achieve commercial approbation. Even if third party certification should be granted, bulkier polyester airbags due to more yarns needed will restrict the scope of action for car designers. 己内酰胺的价格持续上涨，至去年年底几乎翻了一番，导致下游产品价格也随之上涨。此外，美国住房市场的萧条、汽车行业的不景气给这个行业带来了压力。VDA的报告显示全球市场的汽车产量为6,000万台，下滑了13.2%。四分之三的尼龙工业丝用于汽车领域，汽车生产的下降直接影响了轮胎和气囊的需求。虽然几年来涤纶产业不断试图进入这一领域，但是气囊板块仍是尼龙占有100％的市场。然而，在涂层面料板块商业化的试验正在进行中。即使第三方认证被认可，但是涤纶气囊所需纤维较多，体积庞大将在空间上给汽车设计者造成限制。 The difficult market environment has resulted in several negative company news like e.g. Invista’s announcement in January 2009 to close its Wilton site, UK, where it produced various chemicals, including HMD, nylon salt, nylon 6,6 polym