Comments on: Ascend Performance Materials Successfully Emerges from Chapter 11

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:47:01 +0000

DuPont never owned that plant, it was started in 1953 as a joint venture between Monsanto and American Viscose to produce nylon, Monsanto took full control in 1963 and kept it until the Aniston Alabam law suits fired up, then they spun it off, about 5 or 6 plants into another company, Solutia, around 1998-1999, Solutia run it well until the c e.o. lost his back bone ,Jeff Quinn, he sold the whole thing to S.K. Capital partners in 2008 , they changed the name to Ascend Performance Materials. The only thing DuPont had to do with it , early on in the beginning, they licensed there nylon, or, an easy way to understand it, they allowed Monsanto to make nylon like they had already been doing.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:18:51 +0000

Good place to have worked.

By: Whisperjet

Whisperjet — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:00:21 +0000

…really great news for Gonzalez FL…IN 1952 our family moved to Gon
zalez because my dad had been hired by Dupont to build the nylon plant down on the Escambia river…when Dupont started to produce nylon they sold the plant to Chemstrand Corp..later , plant sold to Monsanto ..
I worked at plant in summer of 1964 with Daniel’s construction company ..that year over 7000 folks worked out there..Gonzalez grew …From Manuel Gonzalez in early 1800’s and the James Gonzalez brick mill which was located near Methodist church near RR tracks now CSX…LOTTA HISTORY THERE