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WILMINGTON, Delaware, April 11, 2008

ThyssenKrupp Takes On Distribution of DuPont™ Vespel® Shapes in Canada

DuPont Engineering Polymers has recently selected ThyssenKrupp Materials North America as its authorized distributor of Vespel® polyimide stock shapes in Canada. The distributor serves Canadian customers from four strategically located warehouse/sales offices, in Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton and Vancouver.

ThyssenKrupp Materials North America (TKMNA) has an integrated network of service centers located across North America, offering a wide variety of high-quality metal and plastic production materials, precision processing services, and complete supply chain and production support solutions. In the United States, the AIN Plastics Division of TKMNA distributes DuPont™ Vespel® shapes in 31 Eastern and Midwestern states. For more information about TKMNA, please visit www.tkmna.thyssenkrupp.com

Vespel® shapes can be readily machined to make parts combining outstanding high-temperature performance, low wear and low friction. Typical components include bushings, bearings, seal rings and thrust washers for automotive, aerospace, semiconductor manufacturing and various other end-use industries.

DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

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