DuPont Invests $500 Million to Expand Production

12/19/2007

Science-based products and services company DuPont selects its Cooper River plant to receive a $500 million investment to significantly expand production of high-performance DuPont Kevlar para-aramid brand fiber for industrial and military uses. The investment at the Cooper River site, which is located about 30 miles north of Charleston in Berkeley County, will include construction of a new Kevlar fiber facility, the centerpiece of a multi-phase, multi-year production expansion that will ultimately increase global Kevlar production capacity by more than 25 percent. It is expected to require 100 permanent DuPont jobs, as well as more than 400 contractor jobs during peak construction, which is scheduled to begin in January 2008. The plant's startup is scheduled for 2010. The company is investing an additional $50 million at its Spruance plant in Richmond, Va., to increase Kevlar polymer production.