COMPANY
MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF NYLON 6 & 66 PRODUCTION
NUREL FIBERS
NUREL started its operations producing polyamide fiber in 1968 and i was acquired by SAMCA Group. The entrance of SAMCA Group in 1999 brought successive investments in new polymerization and spinning technologies. Now NUREL is the reliable and high quality supplier of reference of nylon 6 and 66 for the textile market.
AT THE FOREFRONT OF EUROPEAN TEXTILE INNOVATION
At NUREL, we have two nylon spinning plants and state-of-the-art draw-warping facilities, enabling us to offer a unique range of products for lingerie, swimwear, sports, and technical applications. Our products meet the expectations of the most demanding customers in the market.
Our ongoing investment in Technology and R&D+i demonstrates our strong commitment to the future of the textile industry. Our innovation efforts are focused on incorporating new technologies such as nanotechnology, smart textiles, and other advanced textile functionalization programs.
PRODUCED LOCALLY WITH A GLOBAL ENVISION
Our plant in Zaragoza, Spain, is structured into three distinct business units: ENGINEERING POLYMERS, BIOPOLYMERS, and SYNTHETIC FIBRES. Together, these units generate a combined turnover of 170 million euros, with a polymerization capacity of 27,000 tons, 49.000 tons of compounds and a yarn production of 7,500 tons. Currently, NUREL employs 350 people. Approximately 75% of our nylon fiber production is exported to major European and Asian markets.
The American multinational petrochemical company ESSO is developing the engineering project for the construction of a nylon production plant in the Santa Isabel district of Zaragoza.
The polymerization plant (P1) with four lines, the spinning plant (H1) with various sections, offices and service facilities were built and upgraded.
On December 10, production begins at the plant with 550 employees. The following year, the official inauguration takes place, attended by the Ministers of Industry and Development Plan.
The ESSO Fibers' nylon fabrics began to be advertised by means of model shows throughout Spain and by attending trade fairs. The trademark of the nylon fibers is NUREL.
The plant is taken over by Banco Industrial del Mediterráneo and subsequently by the English company Imperial Chemical Industries. It is renamed after the brand name, NUREL, and the development of a new polyester production plant begins.
On January 25, the polyester yarn plant is inaugurated with the Minister of Industry. Daily production of 75 tons begins, under the polyester fiber trademark: TERYLENE.
At the end of the decade, a caprolactam recovery and industrial waste depolymerization plant is started up for recycling. NUREL reaches its historical maximum number of employees, 1503.
NUREL has its own logistics network, distribution warehouses and a central office in Barcelona where some of the most important departments are located.
A cogeneration plant is inaugurated, which converts primary energy into electrical energy and heat until 2005. The company starts working with PCs and an IBM-AS-400 management system with several terminals.
NUREL obtains ISO 9001 certification for quality management and assurance. A year later, the management team acquires the plant in view of ICI's intention to close it.
Production is changed from LOY to POY, the first warping unit is installed and new developments in polymerization begin. The multifilament yarn brand NOVAREL is launched.
The Aragonese business group SAMCA purchases the NUREL production plant from the previous owner. In the summer of 1999 the first website in the history of NUREL is launched.
NUREL achieves ISO 14001 Environmental Management certification, which certifies the identification of environmental risks and the application of prevention procedures to avoid environmental accidents.
A new polyamide polymerization plant (P2), a new spinning plant (H2) and a mechanical recycling unit are commissioned. Production of microfibers begins.
NUREL's plastics division is created since, up to that moment, all the polymer produced in the plant was used for self-supply. The following year the commercial brand NOVAMID is launched.
The first patent is published regarding the encapsulation technology used by NUREL, being the only company in the sector to produce cosmetic fibers. NUREL launches the range of cosmetotextiles with NOVAREL Aloe.
Plant modifications are made in order to produce new high viscosity recipes suitable for film, allowing NUREL to enter this market. The production of nylon 66 yarn in spinning begins.
In January, a modern H3 nylon spinning plant was inaugurated to replace the original 1968 plant (H1). A year later, the plastics division is relaunched with a new brand name: PROMYDE.
A Solid State Postcondensation unit is installed to produce high viscosity polyamide on a large scale, consolidating NUREL in the packaging and semi-finished products market.
Opting for a more sustainable industrial development, the business is expanded with the start-up of a new biopolymer plant, INZEA. NUREL obtains ISO 50001 certification and the cosmetics sub-company ZEOMETIC is created.
A new extrusion unit was installed to manufacture polyamide compounds and the re-grinding line was renewed to recover industrial waste and convert it into pellets suitable for production.
NUREL is 50 years old with 350 employees and produces 16,000 tons per year of compounds, 27,000 tons per year of polyamide polymer, 2,000 tons per year of recycled polymer and 7,200 tons per year of nylon continuous yarn.
NUREL develops and introduces a new range of PBT and PET based compounds , under the Terylene brand, expanding our markets in the automotive and electrical sectors.
In line with the company's commitment to the environment, 22,568 solar panels are installed on the floor and roofs of the NUREL industrial area, making it one of the largest self-consumption facilities in Europe with no discharge to the grid. Given the growing demand for more sustainable plastics, a second INZEA is launched.
