DuPont Expands and Upgrades Global PVB Sheet Production Capacity.(E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.)(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter, December, 2000

THE PACKAGING and industrial polymers unit of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has begun a series of technology and facility upgrades for its Butacite brand polyvinyl butyral (PVB) sheet business globally. The initial upgrades will get underway with an expansion at the company's Hamm-Uentrop, Germany, facility.

DuPont says that by this year's end, 30 percent more PVB sheeting capacity will be available at Hamm-Uentrop, including new capability to supply jumbo-size PVB interlayer for architectural laminated glass.

"The Hamm-Uentrop project is the first in a series of plant and technology upgrades which will help us grow our PVB business over the next five years," says Jack Welch, vice-president of the vinyls enterprise for DuPont's packaging and...

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