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Ergonomically-designed HyFlex® 11-515 gloves combine comfort and durability. Iselin, NJ (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Ansell and DuPont Protection Technologies, world leaders in protection technologies, have collaborated to develop HyFlex® 11-515 work gloves, the newest addition to the record-setting Ansell HyFlex® series. Combining exceptional comfort and an exclusive, high visibility DuPont™ Kevlar® Stretch Armor liner, the new gloves offer ANSI Level 4 Cut Protection and a...
NOCSAE certified helmet fails independent testing; doctors recommend patented head padding fortified with Kevlar® that reduces Severity Index readings as much as 50 percent; learn more at Concussion.com KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Unequal(®) Technologies, the leading provider of customized, concealed sports protection, today unveiled a new suite of supplemental head padding (SHP) available for athletes and recreational use. Responding to demand from...
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ten days before winning her first FIS Snowboard World Championship, Arielle Gold, 16, fell so hard on her head during a training run that her helmet cracked. Gold, who wears Unequal Technologies' concealed sports protection fortified with Kevlar(®), was cleared to train within days and went on to podium three times in three weeks. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120818/DA59357-a) "The past few weeks have been truly...
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After making major inroads into the NFL, NHL and MLB, UNEQUAL® Technologies, the world's only provider of concealed sports protection for the head and body fortified with Kevlar, is now responding to demand from top winter action sport athletes looking for protection that actually protects. Winter X Games Legend and world record holder Levi LaVallee, U.S. Snowboarding Team members Arielle and Taylor Gold, Maddy Schaffrick and...
BRUSSELS, November 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Uniquely Engineered to Meet the Real World Extremes and Requirements of the Construction Industry, the ActivArmr(R) Multipurpose Gloves are Best in Class Ansell, a global leader in protection solutions, introduces ActivArmr(R) Multipurpose Gloves, expanding its collection of ActivArmr(R) trade specific gloves. Ansell is now the only manufacturer providing a full range of tailored made solutions engineered to meet every need and...
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont issued the following statement after a ruling yesterday by the U.S. Federal Court in Richmond, Va., ordering Kolon Industries to stop producing and selling their Heracron® aramid fiber: "The injunction, coming on the heels of DuPont's $920 million damages award from last September, reaffirms what was already clear: that Kolon Industries willfully and maliciously misappropriated DuPont's proprietary Kevlar® technology,"...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In a development that could have wide reaching ramification for material production, researchers may have finally unlocked a consistent process for producing spider silk from bacteria. A new video article in JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, demonstrates a key step in the procedures to harvest and process synthetic spider silk from bacteria called “post-spin.” In this step, silk molecules are mechanically stretched to...
Fifth Ballistics Center to Develop Protective Materials that Help Keep People Safe Around the World Wilmington. DE and Hyderabad, India (PRWEB) April 12, 2012 DuPont today opened its latest ballistics testing facility at the DuPont Knowledge Center in Hyderabad, India. The state-of-the-art facility houses a ballistic testing range, a 600-ton helmet press and stab testing equipment. It is the fifth DuPont site for testing protection materials in ballistic applications. Others are located...
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont today announced the start up of its $500 million Cooper River Kevlar® facility near Charleston, S.C. The Cooper River Kevlar® plant uses state-of-the-art technology that will allow DuPont to meet increased customer demand for advanced protective materials in emerging industries around the world by expanding its portfolio of science-based innovations and boosting productivity. Commercial supply will begin by the end of the year....
Drive to Reduce Dependence on Fossil Fuels Demands Materials Innovation Traverse City, MI (PRWEB) August 02, 2011 The auto industry's current materials portfolio will need to be augmented to meet new 2025 fuel economy standards, according to a recent WardsAuto and DuPont Automotive survey in late July. Respondents also said materials used in power train vehicle systems will change the most. More than 1,000 subscribers to industry-leading publication WardsAuto responded to a survey...
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Kevlar, a trademark of para-aramid synthetic fiber, is related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. DuPont developed Kevlar in 1965 and was first commercially used in the 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires. Its normal form is as a rope or a sheet of fabric that can be used as an ingredient in composite material components. Kevlar is used in bicycle tires, racing sails, and body armor due to its high tensile strength-to-weight ratio. Twaron, produced in 1978, is a...
Kevlar, a trademark of para-aramid synthetic fiber, is related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. DuPont developed Kevlar in 1965 and was first commercially used in the 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires. Its normal form is as a rope or a sheet of fabric that can be used as an ingredient in composite material components. Kevlar is used in bicycle tires, racing sails, and body armor due to its high tensile strength-to-weight ratio. Twaron, produced in 1978, is a...
