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Evonik will scale up production bio-based PA12 raw material

15/08/2013

German industrial group Evonik has announced it will replace petroleum-based laurin lactam (LL) as a raw material for its polyamide 12 production after a pilot at its factory in Slovakia successfully tested bio-based ω-amino lauric acid (ALS) as an alternative. “ALS yields an identical compound polyamide 12 (PA 12),” the company said upon...

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