Corporate Fact Sheet
Ascend Performance Materials makes high-performance materials for everyday essentials and new technologies. Our focus is on improving the quality of life today and inspiring a better tomorrow. We are a fully integrated material solutions provider with global manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Our global workforce makes the materials used to make safer vehicles, cleaner energy, better medical devices, smarter appliances and longer-lasting apparel and consumer goods. We are committed to safety, sustainability and the success of our customers and our communities.
$3.05 billion
Revenue (2022)
2,900 team members
Personnel
Regional Offices
North America (Global headquarters)
1010 Travis Street, Suite 900 Houston, TX, USA 77002
Detroit Automotive Center
209 W. 6th Street Royal Oak, MI 48067
Europe
Watson and Crick Hill Park 11, rue Granbonpré - Bâtiment S B-1435
Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium
Asia
Room 1101, Building A 1520 Gumei Road Shanghai 200336, China
Production Sites
Pensacola, Florida
Production started: 1953
Acreage: 2,000 / Hectares: 809 RCMS certified
Chocolate Bayou, Texas
Production started: 1962 Acreage: 2,500 / Hectares: 1,012 Responsible Care 14001 certified
Decatur, Alabama
Production started: 1952
Acreage: 760 / Hectares: 306
Responsible Care 14001 certified
ISO 9002 certified
Greenwood, South Carolina
Production started: 1952
Acreage: 760 / Hectares: 506
Safety recognition from the South Carolina
Manufacturing Alliance (2013)
Foley, Alabama
Production started: 1961
Acreage: 39 / Hectares: 16
RCMS certified, ISO 9002 certified,
TS16949 certified
Tilburg, the Netherlands
Production started: 2006
Site area: 10,000 m2
ISO 9001 certified, TS16949 certified
Mozzate, Italy
Production started: 2003
Site area: 40,000 m2
ISO 9001 and 14001 certified
IATF 16949 certified
Suzhou, China
Production started: 2020
Site area: 29,900 m2
ISO 9001 and 14001 certified
IATF 16949 certified
Fosses, France
Production started: 1972
Site Area: 8,500 m2
ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified
San José Iturbide, Mexico
Production started: 2022
Site Area: 36,422 m2
ISO 9002 certified
Chennai, India
Production started: 2022
Area: 8,904 m2
ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified
IATF 16949 certified
Lincoln, California
(Joint venture)
Production started: 2018
Site area: 14,400 m
Timeline
Vydyne® is launched to serve the growing engineered materials market.
Ascend Performance Materials is founded through the acquisition of Solutia’s polyamide business.
Acquired compounding facility in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Acquired Poliblend and EssetiPlast in Mozzate, Italy, and established compounding facility in Suzhou, China
Acquired Eurostar Engineering Plastics in Fosses, France.
Acquired compounding facilities in Chennai, India, Lincoln, California, and San José Iturbide, Mexico.
Products
PA-based products:
Vydyne® PA6 and 66 resin and compounds
Starflam® flame-retardant compounds
Vydyne® PA66 fiber
Ultron® PA66 carpet fiber
No-Shock®
PA66 fiber Acteev®
Intermediate chemicals:
Acrylonitrile
Adipic acid
Adiponitrile
Hexamethylene diamine
Nylon salt
Specialty polyamides:
HiDura® PA610 and 612
HiDura® PTR copolymers
HiDura® LUX
ReDefyne™
Speciality chemicals:
FlexaTrac® acids and esters
FlexaTram™ amines
Hexatran™
Prionil®
Trinohex Ultra™
Industries Served
Management Team
Phone: +713-315-5700
Website: ascendmaterials.com
Media Contact
Osama Khalifa, Senior Global Communications Manager
+1 713 315 5826
okhali@ascendmaterials.com