# KBR awarded contract for DuPont Tyvek capacity expansion in Luxembourg

KBR was awarded a reimbursable contract by DuPont Safety & Construction to expand Tyvek nonwoven materials capacity at its Contern, Luxembourg facility. KBR will provide project management, engineering, procurement and construction management services for a third operating line, scheduled to start in 2021 and adding 120 employees.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-06-26
- Where: Contern, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Jobs: 120
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: third operating line
- Products: Tyvek nonwoven materials
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [KBR](https://endata.com/companies/4847.md)
- [KBR](https://endata.com/companies/4847.md) (supplier)
- [DuPont Safety & Construction](https://endata.com/companies/32357.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [investors.kbr.com](https://investors.kbr.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2018/KBR-Awarded-Contract-for-DuPont-Safety--Construction-Project/default.aspx), 2018-06-26: "KBR announced today it has been awarded a contract to expand capacity for the manufacture of Tyvek nonwoven materials by DuPont Safety & Construction at its facility in Contern, Luxembourg."
- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2018/06/kbr-awarded-contract-for-dupont-safety-construction-project/), 2018-06-26: "Global demand for DuPont Tyvek® continues to grow worldwide in all of our key end-use markets."

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