PHP – A Global Presence
PHP – headquartered in Wuppertal, Germany – is a global acting fibers group consisting of Polyamide High Performance and its subsidiary Polyester High Performance GmbH. The business serves applications in Automotive Safety, Tire & Technical and Broad & Narrow Weaving.

PHP is a world class manufacturer of high-tenacity polyamide and polyester yarns and polymers.

PHP has leading market positions in high-performance airbag and seatbelt yarns and specialized yarn types for a great variety of other demanding technical applications as well as in specialties for tire reinforcement.

PHP products are marketed under the well known brand names Enka® Nylon (PA 6.6), Diolen® (PET), Enkalon® (PA 6), Diofort® (PPS) and Stanylenka® (PA 4.6). 

PHP sales offices are situated in Wuppertal, Germany, Scottsboro, AL/USA, and in Shanghai, China. 

PHP production facilities are located in Obernburg, Germany, (Polyamide and Polyester yarns), Scottsboro, AL/USA, (Polyamide yarns) and in Pingdingshan, Henan Provence China, (Polyamide yarns) – a joint venture with China ShenMa.
Since March 1st, 2009, High-tenacity Polyester Yarns included in the Product Portfolio
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Based on the take-over of the polyester business of Diolen Industrial Fibers GmbH, Polyamide High Performance GmbH is able now to offer the wide range of worldwide recognized high-tenacity Diolen® PET yarns and Diofort® PPS yarns – now produced by Polyester High Performance GmbH a subsidiary of Polyamide High Performance GmbH.


                                                           


 
See our Polyester-HP page 
    
  Downloads:  P-HP_Flyer_05/09 (Engl. version)  /  P-HP_Flyer_05/09 (German version)
 

High-tenacity Polyamide Yarns
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Polyamide High Performance is a global business headquartered in Wuppertal, Germany. The company is a world class manufacturer strictly focused on high-tenacity polyamide yarns and polymers and hold leading positions in airbag and other technical applications as well as in specialties for tire reinforcement.
The products are marketed under the brand names Enka® Nylon (PA 6.6), Enkalon® (PA 6) and Stanylenka® (PA 4.6) by Polyamide Europe, Polyamide North America and PHP-ShenMa Air Bag Yarn Marketing (Shanghai). Production facilities are located in Germany, in the United States and since autumn 2007 also in China – based on joint ventures with China Shenma. 


                         


Within the company Polyamide Europe – since March 2009 including the new product groups Automotive Safety,  Tire & Technical Yarns and Broad & Narrow Weaving and  Polyamide North America have the regional responsibility for their own specialized product ranges:

Polyamide Europe
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Our sales & marketing group Automotive Safety is responsible for airbag and seatbelt applications, Tire & Technical Yarns for tires, MRG products, ropes, nets and sewing yarns and Broad & Narrow Weaving for broad and narrow woven fabrics in Europe and in countries of the rest of the world (except NAFTA)
 
 See our pages  Automotive  or  Tire & Technical  or  Weaving

Polyamide North America
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as Polyamide High Performance, Inc.,  for all applications in the NAFTA region since 1996
 
  See our North America page
Shanghai Representative Office / PHP-ShenMa Air Bag Yarn Marketing (Shanghai)
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In February 2004  Polyamide-HP  has opened its Representative Office in Shanghai to be close to the growing market for passive automotive occupant restraint systems in China. Based on our experience and expertise as a leading manufacturer for PA 6.6 yarns – Enka® Nylon – for airbag applications in Europe and North America we will use our Shanghai office to support our direct and indirect customers to establish local supply chains in China.Of course, all other high-performance yarn types of our wide polyamide product range for various technical applications are represented by this office. 



Starting autumn 2007 – based on JVs with China SHENMA –  Enka® Nylon airbag yarns produced in Pingdingshan (Henan Province) by ShenMa-PHP (Pingdingshan) Air Bag Yarn Manufacturing will be exclusively marketed in the Asian region by PHP-Shenma Air Bag Yarn Marketing (Shanghai).
Technical Knowledge, Quality, Research, Development and Support
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PHP combines decades of experience with state-of-the-art expertise and knowhow, resulting in a wide range of high-performance polyamide and polyester yarn types. Enka® Nylon (PA 6.6), Diolen® (PET), Enkalon® (PA 6), Diofort® (PPS) and Stanylenka® (PA 4.6), tuned to several specific technical properties, perform worldwide successfully as reinforcing materials in numerous fields of technical applications where safety and reliability belong to the key requirements.
 
European PHP products are produced and supplied in accordance with the BSi standards EN ISO 9001:2008 and 14001:2004. In the USA the QS 9001-2000 certificate applies since 2005 and since August 2005 also ISO 14001 (2004) and BSI OHSAS 18001 (1999).

PHP is continuously developing yarn types with improved properties focused on the highest quality demands of the end-uses concerned. Research activities mainly consist of explorative research and process development. Application research – evaluation of products for specific end-uses – is taken care of by special departments in close cooperation with the customers to guarantee a constant high level of quality.

In addition to our wide product portfolio of high-performance polyamide and polyester yarns and polymers, we are able to offer a high level of technical know-how and support to all our customers and end-users worldwide.
Manufacturing and operating excellence create our basis to provide high-quality products and services to achieve absolute customer satisfaction.

If you are looking for a solution in developing new technical textile applications, talk to our specialists – our know-how can work for you and your success!

 
  PDF Downloads:
 
      
PHP Flyer 06/09 (English version)   /  PHP Flyer 06/09 (German version)   

     
Polyamide-HP Folder 05/07 (English version)  /  下载中文版PHP公司详细简介 0907


PHP is located at the ICO – Industrie Center Obernburg where Mainsite Services offers a broad spectrum of industrial, technical and personal services  – www.mainsite-services.de





   Polyamide High Performance is member of  the IVC – Industrievereinigung Chemiefaser e.V., Frankfurt (Main) / Germany


Last change: 12/07/10 mpg  •  info@php-fibers.com