DUPONT TO EXPAND NYLON POLYMERIZATION CAPACITY IN GERMANY

DuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers (T&AP), a global business unit of the DowDuPont’s (www.dow-dupont.com) Specialty Products Division,  recently announced its intention to extend its High Temperature Nylon (DuPont Zytel HTN PPA) polymerization capacity at Uentrop facility in Hamm, Germany. With this new investment, DuPont confirms its strong commitment to the European market, to address customers’ needs for specialty products and technology services to grow in highly dynamic markets such as automotive, electrical and electronics, consumer and health care. Adding capacity to the Uentrop line opened in 2016 is a further step on DuPont’s long-term investment strategy to enhance its polymerization and compounding capabilities. Back in 2015, the nylon businesses already announced a 10 percent capacity increase for Zytel HTN polymer at Richmond, Virginia, site. In 2017, DuPont T&AP also increased compounding capacity for its high-temperature nylon grades at its Mechelen site in Belgium.