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DuPont Expanding Films For Solar

by Alexander H. Tullo
January 25, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 4

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Credit: DuPont
Credit: DuPont

DuPont is spending $175 million to expand capacity for its Tedlar polyvinyl fluoride films in Circleville, Ohio, by September 2011. The films are used as backsheets that help photo­voltaic modules stand up to the elements. The company is already spending $120 million to expand capacity for vinyl fluoride and polyvinyl fluoride polymer by 50% at its sites in Louisville, Ky., and Fayetteville, N.C.

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