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DuPont Starts Up Kevlar Capacity

by Marc S. Reisch
October 16, 2011 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 89, Issue 42

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A DuPont technician inspects Kevlar p-aramid fiber bobbins.
DuPont technician inspects Kevlar p-aramid fiber bobbins
Credit: DuPont
A DuPont technician inspects Kevlar p-aramid fiber bobbins.

DuPont has started up its $500 million Cooper River Kevlar p-aramid fiber facility near Charleston, S.C. The firm also manufactures the fiber, used to make bullet-proof vests, in Richmond, Va.; Maydown, Northern Ireland; and at a joint venture with Toray Industries in Tokai, Japan.

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