DuPont Protection Technologies Increases Visibility And Market Share

The DuPont Protection Technologies strategic business unit (DPT SBU) is focused on protecting lives, protecting critical processes, and protecting the environment. The segment serves customers in markets which include construction, transportation, communications, industrial chemicals, oil and gas, electric utilities, automotive, manufacturing, defense, homeland security, and safety consulting. The DPT SBU produces some of the best known product lines in DuPont such as Kevlar®, Nomex®, Tyvek®, and Sontara®.

• DuPont Kevlar® brand fiber has earned worldwide recognition as a highperformance material for helping to protect human life. Its use extends far beyond the body armor used by the military and law enforcement community. Today, Kevlar® is used in everything from airplane parts to reinforced suspension bridge structures to suspension bridge cables to fiber optic cables, not to mention a variety of consumer goods.

• DuPont Nomex® brand fiber provides permanent flame‐resistant thermal protection. With high break strength, tear resistance and abrasion resistance properties, garments made of Nomex® brand fiber help protect firefighters, race car drivers and industrial workers alike.

• DuPont Tyvek® brand fiber offers protection from lead dust, mold, asbestos and many other dry particle and aerosol hazards that industrial workers come in contact with everyday.