For much of the world, it’s a niche product. In North Korea, where winter temperatures are frigid and which cannot produce enough cotton or wool for clothing, the synthetic fibre developed after nylon ...

As China's chemical materials industry faces various challenges, Anhui Wanwei Group Co Ltd refuses to follow the traditional route. Instead, it has chosen innovate. As China's largest polyvinyl ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a vinalon complex in Hamheung, Pyongyang (Reuters) Seoul: For much of the world, it's a niche product. In North Korea, where winter temperatures are frigid and ...

Known outside North Korea as vinylon, it was christened “vinalon” by founder Kim Il Sung. He ordered it be developed to put clothes on people’s backs. For much of the world, it’s a niche product. In ...