Invista Starts Nylon Engineering Polymers Business

Wichita, KS, June 25, 2009--Invista is launching a new business focused on nylon engineering polymers.

Invista, a producer of nylon fiber, will provide nylon products for applications such as automotive, electrical, consumer electronics and sporting goods.

“We are entering the global engineering polymers market in a manner that can deliver real value to customers and perhaps even change the very business model that currently serves this market,” said Kurt Burmeister, executive vice president of Invista's engineering polymers segment.

Invista is developing its own engineering polymers portfolio using new formulations with its existing upstream business of nylon chemical intermediates.