DuPont Completes New Polyimide Production Line in Circleville, OH

DuPont Interconnect Solutions, a business within the Electronics & Industrial segment, announced it has completed the expansion project at its Circleville, OH manufacturing site.

The $250 million investment expands production of Kapton polyimide film and Pyralux flexible circuit materials, ensuring supply to meet the growing global demand in the automotive, consumer electronics, telecom, specialized industrial and defense segments served by DuPont.

“This is a really important milestone for DuPont and the Electronics & Industrial business,” said Avi Avula, VP and GM, DuPont Interconnect Solutions. “With this expansion, we can elevate our service levels to our customers to help them grow.”

The Kapton polyimide film is also at the heart of DuPont’s Pyralux line of flexible copper-clad laminates that are available in a wide variety of copper types, thicknesses and construction options, all of which offer excellent thermal, chemical, electrical and mechanical properties. Pyralux laminates are ideal for use in wide variety of multi-layer flex and rigid-flex applications which require advanced performance, such as low dissipation loss for high speed, high frequency, robust thermal resistance and high reliability.