Engineering Polymers Zytel® Site
Location: Jurong Island (Pulau Sakra)
Management: Yong Wui Poh - Plant Manager
Employees: 80 persons
Size: 2.8911 hectare (28911 sq m for Zytel plot of land + Salt Strike)
Investment: S$160 million (wholly owned by DuPont)
Contractor: Fluor Daniel Engineers & Constructors Ltd
Status: Opened in October 1995
Product: Zytel® nylon 6,6 resin in translucent cubes (2mm by 3mm) (Zytel® is a DuPont registered trademark)
Applications: Engineering plastic for automotive, electronics and appliance industries
Production Process: Adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine are mixed in water. Solution is polymerized, extruded and cut into cubes for packaging.
Feedstock: Adipic acid and Hexamethylene Diamine
Other Zytel® Plants:
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA, Richmond, Virginia, USA, Uentrop, Germany
Engineering Polymers Vespel® Site
Location: Tuas Works, 7 Tuas West Avenue, Singapore 638440
Management: SC Moon
Employees: 30 persons (Expected to have 75 employees by 2010)
Size: 1.42 hectare
Investment: SGD 49 million
Status: Opened in July 2008
Product: Vespel® DF Parts & Shapes (Vespel® is a DuPont registered trademark)
Applications: Parts for Aerospace, Semicon, Transportation & diversified industries
Production Process: Polyimide resin compacted into customized parts through compaction press
Feedstock: Polyimide resin
Other Vespel® Plants: Pencader, Valley View and Circleville in USA; Mechelen in Belgium; Utsunomiya in Japan
