# DuPont to add Tyvek production line at Contern site, creating 120 jobs

DuPont will invest in a new production line for Tyvek at its Contern site in Luxembourg, creating 120 new jobs. Work started on June 4, 2018, and the line is expected to enter service in 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-06-04
- Where: Contern, Luxembourg
- Value: $400.0M
- Jobs: 120
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Products: Tyvek synthetic protective material
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [en.paperjam.lu](https://en.paperjam.lu/article/delano_dupont-investment-contern-site), 2018-06-06: "The new line will be used to make Tyvek, the company’s flagship synthetic protective material."
- [cen.acs.org](https://cen.acs.org/business/investment/DuPont-commits-400-million-Tyvek/96/i24), 2018-06-10: "DuPont says it will spend more than $400 million to enlarge capacity for Tyvek polyolefin protective sheeting at its site in Luxembourg."
- [cleanroomtechnology.com](https://cleanroomtechnology.com/dupont-to-expand-tyvek-business-144043), 2018-06-15: "The company will invest US$400 million to expand manufacturing capacity at its facility in Luxembourg"
- [thefreelibrary.com](https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DuPont+Announces+Tyvek+Investment.-a0547880178), 2018-07-01: "DuPont Safety & Construction, a business unit of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, will invest more than $400 million to expand capacity of its flashspun Tyvek nonwoven materials at its facility in Luxembourg."

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