DuPont (NYSE:DD) today unveiled Kevlar® EXO™ aramid fiber, which it calls the most significant aramid fiber innovation in over 50 years and an entirely new technology platform developed to serve endless applications where performance and protection is required in the midst of intense and demanding conditions. Life protection will be the first of many Kevlar EXO use cases that will offer an unprecedented combination of lightness, flexibility and protection from an aramid fiber.
DuPont™ Kevlar has long been the advanced material behind high-performing body armor that protects those who serve. Now, with body armor crafted using Kevlar EXO™, military and law enforcement officers can experience previously unavailable levels of ballistic protection without compromising on mobility and comfort. With unmatched pliability, Kevlar EXO contours to curves and body lines, providing a more body-inclusive solution while still offering maximum protection.
The aramid fiber is said to be “incomparably better and more durable than even the highest-performing soft body armor materials available.”
Among its benefits: The highest ballistics performance among all aramid fibers without compromising on weight, enabling the best-in-class, lightest weight ballistics soft armor solutions available on the market today;
Peak flexibility, offering increased comfort and mobility, contouring to curves and body lines with less restriction for maximum defense, when paired with exceptional carrier design; Inherently flame- and temperature-resistant; melt- and ignite-proof up to 500°C (932°F).
DD shares grabbed 47 cents to $71.74.
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