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Publication: Plastics News
Publication Date: 03-NOV-08 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: SUPPLIER NEWS.(Daikin America Inc. plans to double its capacity)(Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. expands services)(Georg Fischer AG acquires JRG Gunzenhauser of Sissach)

Article Excerpt
Daikin plans to add more ETFE capacity

DECATUR, ALA. Daikin America Inc. plans to double its ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymer production capacity by expanding its Decatur facility.

The company made the announcement in a Sept. 30 news release, saying that as part of cooperative effort with the Decatur Industrial Development Board, it will invest more than $66 million to boost its domestic manufacturing of ETFE. It will add at least 25 more jobs.

ETFE is a resin used in wire and cable, for chemical and low vapor permeation and in light, transparent protective film applications. Its resistance capabilities make it attractive for use in wire insulation for airframe, military and down-hole oil field applications. It also is used in film for photovoltaic cell protection, as well as mass-transit cabling and some automotive uses.

Daikin said demand has been steadily increasing and the expansion will help feed growing consumption in the U.S. It also said the expansion will help provide space for the development of new ETFE grades.

Engineering for the new unit has begun and construction will be completed by the first quarter of 2010.

Daikin built the facility in the early 1990s and expanded it in 1995 and 2000.

Daikin is a wholly owned subsidiary...

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