DSM Dyneema Makes Profit in China's Individual Protection Market

May 18, 2011, Beijing, China - Dyneema®, the world's most advanced fiber material, is becoming more and more popular among body armor materials used by Chinese law enforcement agencies. As a company that produces UHMWPE and its derivative composites, DSM Dyneema has signed some important contracts with relevant parties in China. The contract deals mainly with Dyneema®. ) SB51. The Dyneema® SB51 was released last year as a unidirectional fiber (UD) product that is primarily used in the manufacture of protective vests.

CIPATE 2011 China (Beijing) International Symposium on Police Equipment and Anti-Terrorism Technology Exhibition will be held in Beijing from May 19th to 21st, 2011. DSM Dyneema will introduce its body armor at that time. The latest developments in the area. DSM Dyneema will also release another innovative Dyneema® unidirectional fiber (UD) product to be used in the body armor market used by law enforcement agencies. Fiber (UD) products have better improved performance. More details on this product will be released soon.

Now some Chinese users have started making body armor with Dyneema SB51. As early as the beginning of this year, DSM Dyneema began to receive a large number of customers' renewal orders. In addition, the body armor made of Dyneema® SB51 is extremely light and can meet the protection requirements of China's new police standard GA-141 2010. In the application of the Dyneema® SB51 to the double-armed vest, our strategic partner has already demonstrated the production license for bulletproof and stab-resistant products by the Ministry of Public Security's Finance Bureau. Moreover, bullet-proof and stab-resistant vests made of Dyneema® SB51 material passed China's GA68-2008 stab-resistance standard level 1 and Chinese GA141-2010 bulletproof standard grades 2 and 3.

China's police protective vest also has specific performance requirements in terms of its thickness and weight, requiring its thickness and weight to be within the specified protective performance range. The protective vest must also have water resistance and other important performance.

Dyneema® SB51 offers body armor manufacturers ample design space to ensure that the product they produce meets all of the above requirements, so that the product not only provides superior protection, but is also particularly comfortable to wear on the body.

Mr. Josse Kunst, Vice President Asia Pacific of DSM Dyneema Company, said: “Our Chinese customers have realized that using Dyneema® SB51 in their body armor can give They provide an important market advantage. We now have a new product that will soon be on the market, and we have every reason to believe that this advantage will be further improved. We will soon provide test samples."

Josse Kunst said that the next generation of upgraded products will be more flexible and perform better than Dyneema SB51. He said: "Our customers can use it as part of the overall design to meet the NIJ 0101.06 certification requirements. This is our commitment to this important market, and we have the ability to put the higher performance products into the market as soon as possible. demonstration."

Through the development of close cooperation with body armor manufacturers, Dyneema® SB51 has been specifically designed to provide protection against the general threats in the Asia Pacific and Central and Eastern Europe regions, in particular against the Chinese P54 pistol and ammunition. In addition, it can also be used in tactical and concealed vest designs. The use of this product can reduce the depth of the vest under the impact of the bullet, while maintaining a light and comfortable. The loss prevention lining system can be made more flexible than before while maintaining the quality specifications of the vest.

At the same time, the Dyneema® SB51 is easy to handle, reducing time and cost for body armor manufacturers in material storage and cutting.