16 September 2014
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DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers
today announced its intent to continue to increase
production capacity of its ethylene copolymers assets at
its Texas manufacturing facilities to meet growing market demand.
Plans include a series of investments totaling
more than $100 million to be completed
over the next 3 to 4 years.
More than one-third of the investment
is expected to be installed by the end of 2015.
The balance of the investment
is expected to be completed over the following 3 years.
Specifically, this investment will support growth in
DuPont specialty resins including Dupont :
* Ionomer resin,
* Ethylene acid copolymer resin,
* Ethylene copolymer resins,
* Ethylene acrylic elastomers, and
* special grades of EVA copolymers.
William J. Harvey,
President, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers.
“Market demand for these products is growing.
Our differentiated and high-value products are being used
in a diverse range of growth markets.
This includes packaging that
helps reduce food waste and offers consumer convenience,
and materials to enable more efficient vehicles, new roads
that stand up to tough environments,
more durable roofing solutions, and
higher-performing architectural glass solutions,”
“Our customers count on DuPont strengths in
application development and new product development
to innovate their product offerings.
We are pleased to add new capacity of
our high-performance polymers
to support growth for our customers.”
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers
is a world-class manufacturer of high-performance resins
for a variety of packaging and industrial applications.
Its best-known ethylene copolymer products include
* DuPont™ Surlyn® resins for
packaging and industrial applications,
* Appeel® lidding sealant resins,
* Bynel® coextrudable adhesives,
* Selar® PA amorphous polyamide barrier resins,
* Nucrel® acid copolymers,
* Elvax® EVA copolymers,
* Elvaloy®, Elvaloy® AC, Fusabond® modifiers, and
* Vamac® ethylene acrylic elastomers.
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