DuPont Protection Solutions, a business unit of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, is a global leader in products and solutions that protect what matters − people, structures and the environment − and enables its customers to win through unique capabilities, global scale and iconic brands.
DuPont™ Kevlar® helps protect law enforcement officers, military personnel, athletes and astronauts; DuPont™ Nomex® helps protect firefighters, industrial workers and race car drivers, as well as mass transit and wind energy systems; DuPont™ Tyvek® helps protect chemical industrial workers, as well as sterile medical devices and building construction; and DuPont™ Corian® resists the growth of bacteria to help protect hospital patients against infection.
For more information about DuPont Protection Solutions, visit www.dupont.com/protection-solutions.
Protecting our protectors
In the face of the ever-increasing global industrialisation, DuPont continues to improve upon its materials and standards that help keep all of us safe in the toughest conditions.
Growing populations, mounting pressures, rising hostilities, inhospitable surroundings − these are the harsh realities of living in the world today. That’s why DuPont takes safety and protection so seriously. We innovate and collaborate with companies, governments, industrial manufacturers and academics to develop and test a wide range of materials, like DuPont™ Kevlar® aramid fibre for ballistic and cut protection, DuPont™ Tensylon™, an Ultra High Molecular Weight, High Performance Polyethylene Material (UHMWPE), offers armour solutions and DuPont™ Nomex® flame resistant fibre for fire dangers.
Our scientists, engineers, and business professionals are committed to making products that help protect our protectors. They carry a heavy enough burden, so we must lighten their loads with innovative technologies and materials for military body armour, combat helmets, vehicle armour and more.
While no company can solve the world’s protection problems alone, DuPont is proving that, by working together, we can all increase our chances for living on a safer planet.
Kevlar® XP™ technology
Kevlar® XP™ technology for soft body armour features a patented woven fabric technology that provides a durable weight efficient solution. This patented technology helps provide a 15% reduction in back face deformation and superior ballistic performance in a 100% Kevlar® solution. Kevlar® XP™ for soft body armour gives law enforcement officers the freedom of movement they need to protect themselves and the public.
Kevlar® XD technology
Kevlar® XD technology offers the best in class unidirectional structures with superior balance of performance and protection per unit weight as well as reduced impact trauma while providing better performance against fragments specifically for military.
Tensylon®
Tensylon® is a high performance polyethylene based hard armour product using tape technology that offers armour solutions providers a unique combination of low-weight ballistic and mechanical protection to meet their design needs. Tensylon® is widely used in hard armour elements for personal protection such as shields, insert plates and helmets, and has been successfully implemented in land vehicle, maritime, aerospace and architectural armour applications.
Nomex®
Proven in emergency response and in industrial situations, military clothing made with Nomex® fiber is inherently flame-resistant, so the protection won’t wash or wear out. It won’t melt, drip, or support combustion in the air, giving warfighters the confidence it takes to focus on the mission.