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DuPont slates Big Kevlar Investment
September 24, 2007
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 85, Issue 39
DuPont plans to spend more than $500 million to increase worldwide production capacity for its Kevlar p-aramid fiber. The company says the project will start this year with a Kevlar polymer expansion in Richmond, Va.; details on other phases will follow. All told, the project will boost capacity by more than 25% by 2010. "Global demand for DuPont Kevlar has soared with the growing need for safety and security worldwide," says Thomas G. Powell, general manager of the firm's advanced fiber systems business.
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