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Arclin (formerly DuPont Aramids)
Private-equity-backed company (TJC L.P.) that acquired DuPont's entire Aramids business — Kevlar (para-aramid) AND Nomex (meta-aramid) — for $1.8B on April 1, 2026. Nomex is the world's dominant meta-aramid fiber brand, used in firefighter turnout gear, military flight suits, electrical insulation, race car driver suits, and industrial thermal protection. Five manufacturing sites: Spruance (Richmond VA — ~975 employees, ISCC PLUS certified April 22, 2026), Monroe (North Carolina), LaPlace (Louisiana), Maydown (Derry, Northern Ireland — serves aerospace/EV/defense), Asturias (Spain — ISCC certified 2025). DuPont retained a 16-17.5% equity stake in Arclin plus a $300M promissory note from the sale. Arclin's President Mark Glaspey stated "operational continuity from day one" as the top priority. Nomex holds ~55% of global meta-aramid revenue market share — the PE ownership transition is the largest structural change in firefighter protective fiber supply in decades.
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chemical
Nomex Meta-Aramid Fiber →
manufactured
Aramid Yarn (Kevlar / Twaron) →
chemical
Nomex Meta-Aramid Fiber →
manufactured
Aramid Yarn (Kevlar / Twaron) →
chemical
Nomex Meta-Aramid Fiber →
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Nomex Meta-Aramid Fiber →
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Aramid Yarn (Kevlar / Twaron) →
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6 facilities
Arclin (fmr. DuPont) – Asturias, Spain →
ESAsturias
Arclin (TJC PE, acquired from DuPont April 1, 2026) aramid fiber production facility in Asturias, northwestern Spain. Achieved ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) certification in 2025. One of five Arclin/DuPont Aramids manufacturing sites globally. Serves European market for Nomex and Kevlar aramid fibers. Asturias is Spain's northern industrial region on the Bay of Biscay.
Arclin (fmr. DuPont) – LaPlace, Louisiana →
USLouisiana
Arclin (TJC PE, acquired from DuPont April 1, 2026) aramid fiber production facility in LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Confirmed in Arclin acquisition documents as one of five transferred manufacturing sites. LaPlace is approximately 30 miles west of New Orleans, in the Mississippi River chemical corridor. Products not specified in public sources.
Arclin (fmr. DuPont) – Maydown Plant (Derry, Northern Ireland) →
GBNorthern Ireland
Kevlar production site at Maydown, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK. Operational since 1988; ~$760M invested since 1960. ~180 employees. Produces ~98% of Kevlar used in the European market. Transferred from DuPont to Arclin (TJC PE) effective April 1, 2026. One of only three active Kevlar production sites globally (alongside Spruance VA and Tokai Japan).
Arclin (fmr. DuPont) – Monroe, North Carolina →
USNorth Carolina
Arclin (TJC PE, acquired from DuPont April 1, 2026) aramid fiber production facility in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina. Confirmed in Arclin acquisition documents as one of five transferred manufacturing sites. Products not specified in public sources; likely produces Nomex meta-aramid given the DuPont Aramids manufacturing footprint. Monroe, NC is approximately 25 miles southeast of Charlotte.
Arclin (fmr. DuPont) – Spruance Plant (Richmond, Virginia) →
USVirginia
525-acre site in Chesterfield County (Richmond), Virginia; in continuous chemical manufacturing operation since 1929. Produces >85% of all Kevlar para-aramid yarn globally. Received $50M+ investment after Cooper River (SC) closure in 2017, consolidating US Kevlar production here. ~2,000 employees. Transferred from DuPont to Arclin (TJC PE) effective April 1, 2026. The largest single site of Kevlar production on Earth — one plant in suburban Richmond accounts for >25% of global para-aramid supply.
Du Pont-Toray Co. – Tokai, Aichi (Japan) →
JPAichi Prefecture
Joint venture: Du Pont-Toray Co., Ltd. (DuPont + Toray Industries JV), located at 31-6 Shinpomachi, Tokai, Aichi Prefecture. Produces Kevlar for Japanese and Asia-Pacific markets. Production began ~1990-1991. Transferred as part of Arclin's acquisition of DuPont's Aramids business (April 2026). JV partner is Toray Industries — a major Japanese carbon fiber and synthetic fiber company.
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Kevlar (Para-Aramid Fiber)
55%Nomex (Meta-Aramid)
35%Specialty & Other
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Incident2026
On April 1, 2026, DuPont completed the sale of its Aramids business — including the Kevlar brand, five manufacturing sites, 1,900 employees, and $1.3B in annual sales — to Arclin, a portfolio company of TJC L.P. (a New York private equity firm). For the first time in its 60-year history, Kevlar is owned by a PE firm rather than a publicly-traded industrial company. PE ownership introduces new considerations: cost rationalization, debt service pressure, and potential future sale that could further fragment the supply chain. Arclin also owns Arclin Resins (surface overlay papers and adhesives) — making it a conglomerate with no obvious operational synergies with bullet-proof fiber production.
PRNewswire / Arclin ↗Origin2026
Arclin acquired DuPont's entire aramids business -- including Kevlar (para-aramid, 60-year-old brand) and Nomex (meta-aramid, also 60 years old) -- from DuPont for $1.8 billion in April 2026, in a transaction backed by TJC L.P. private equity. DuPont's Stephanie Kwolek invented Kevlar in 1965 while working on DuPont's Benger Laboratory -- she was trying to make lighter synthetic tire cord fibers and discovered that para-phenylenediamine polymer chains aligned in liquid crystal to form fibers of extraordinary strength. Kevlar was first commercially used in racing tires (1971) before its ballistic protection properties were recognized. DuPont's decision to sell both Kevlar and Nomex together to PE removes one of the world's most important safety and defense materials from a major integrated chemical R&D company into a pure-play investment vehicle -- raising questions about long-term product development for military, aerospace, and first responder markets where aramid performance advances are critical.
Arclin (formerly DuPont Aramids) ↗