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Yantai Tayho Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed (SZ: 002254) Chinese specialty fiber company; subsidiary of Taihe New Material Group (Yantai, Shandong). Produces Tametar meta-aramid fiber (17,000-20,000 MT/year capacity; >80% of Chinese domestic meta-aramid supply) alongside Taparan para-aramid. Two production locations: Yantai, Shandong (HQ); Pingdingshan, Henan (primary production). ~29.8% of global meta-aramid market capacity (but mostly Chinese domestic market). Key customer: Chinese military and security forces — Tametar aramid is used in "all newly designed public security police and armed police Special Forces Service uniforms" per Chinese government procurement. No confirmed Western NFPA 1971-certified turnout gear customers found in public sources. Chinese meta-aramid capacity expansion (industry-wide ~26,000-38,000 t/yr by 2025) created significant downward price pressure on Western meta-aramid producers, contributing to DuPont's decision to divest its Aramids business.
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Yantai Tayho – Pingdingshan Production Base (Henan, China) →
CNHenan Province
Primary large-scale meta-aramid (Tametar) production facility for Yantai Tayho Advanced Materials in Pingdingshan City, Henan Province. Total capacity across Yantai HQ and Pingdingshan: 17,000-20,000 metric tons/year (target 20,000 t/yr by 2025); >80% of China's domestic meta-aramid supply. 260,000 m² site, >2B RMB total assets, >1,200 employees. Primary customer: Chinese military and security forces (PLA and People's Armed Police uniforms). Chinese meta-aramid capacity expansion (industry-wide) contributed to global price pressure that forced DuPont's divestiture of Aramids business in 2026.
Yantai Tayho – Yantai Taparan Plant (Shandong, China) →
CNShandong Province
Facility at 10 Heilongjiang Road, Economic and Technical Development Zone, Yantai, Shandong Province. China's pioneer para-aramid commercial plant: pilot production 2008 (100 tons), commercial line 2011 (1,000 tons/year). Produces Taparan para-aramid yarn alongside spandex and meta-aramid. Capacity likely modestly expanded since 2011; estimated 1,000–3,000 tons/year range based on public data. Commercially proven quality for most non-defense applications.
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Did you know2023
Yantai Tayho's Tametar meta-aramid fiber is used in "all newly designed public security police and armed police Special Forces Service uniforms" of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police — a confirmed military procurement customer. The same fiber chemistry (poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide), MPIA) that protects US firefighters in Nomex is protecting Chinese special forces soldiers in Tametar. The global meta-aramid market has two dominant applications — civilian firefighter protection (US/European market: Arclin + Teijin) and military protection (Chinese domestic market: Tayho). One molecule, two strategic militaries, competing industrial bases.
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