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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 construction and refurbishment of the polymerization plant (P1) with four lines, the spinning plant (H1) with various sections, offices and service facilities is being carried out.

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.

Nylon fabrics produced by Fibras ESSO start to be advertised by means of model shows throughout Spain and by attending trade fairs. The commercial brand of 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 starts, 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 that converts, until 2005, primary energy into electrical energy and heat. Work begins 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.

Se efectúa un cambio de producción de LOY a POY, se instala la primera unidad de estiro-urdido y comienzan nuevos desarrollos en polimerización. Se lanza la marca de hilos multifilamento: NOVAREL.

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 plastic 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 for 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 is inaugurated, replacing 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 cumple 50 años con 350 empleados y produce 16.000 toneladas anuales de compounds, 27.000 toneladas anuales de polímero de poliamida, 2.000 toneladas anuales de polímero reciclado y 7.200 toneladas anuales de hilo continuo de nylon.

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 presents a new range of PBT and PET based compounds products, 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 NUREL's industrial area, making it one of the largest off-grid self-consumption facilities in Europe. Given the growing demand for more sustainable plastics, a second INZEA biopolymer extrusion line is commissioned.