# DuPont to build $45M Kalrez fluoropolymer plant in Newark, Delaware

DuPont plans to spend $45 million to build a facility in Newark, Delaware, for its Kalrez-brand perfluoroelastomer. The facility will be twice the size of an existing Kalrez plant in Newark and is expected to be completed in two years, after which the older plant will be closed.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-05-13
- Where: Newark, Delaware, United States
- Value: $45.0M
- Starts operating: May 2020
- Status: announced
- Products: Kalrez perfluoroelastomer
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [DuPont](https://endata.com/companies/13205.md)

## Sources

- [cen.acs.org](https://cen.acs.org/business/DuPont-sets-new-plant-fluoropolymer/96/i20), 2018-05-13: "DuPont plans to spend $45 million to build a facility in Newark, Del., for its Kalrez-brand perfluoroelastomer."

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