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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedHoneywell's spectra poised for growth. (News).(Honeywell's Spectra extended-chain polyethylene fiber should enjoy double-digit annual growth)(Brief Article)
Chemical Market Reporter, June, 2003
THE SPECIALTY materials business of Honeywell is seeing double-digit annual growth for Spectra, its extended-chain polyethylene fiber. Spectra is 10 times stronger than steel on a pound-for-pound basis and is widely used in ropes, sails, fishing lines and hand-protection garments. The product is also being used for protective body armor and is credited with greatly reducing deaths and casualties in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Speaking at Chemical Market Reporter's offices in New York last week, Elizabeth Parrish, global marketing manager for fabrics and cut protection fibers at Honeywell, noted that the Spectra Technologies business has completed a $20 million expansion of its plant in Colonial Heights, Va., and expects to announce the...
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