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DuPont to expand polyimide film, Jatco moves its headquarters to
circuit materials production in US Modesto

uPont is investing $220m to expand production of ustom injection molder Jatco Inc. is moving its
DKapton polyimide film and Pyralux flexible circuit Cheadquarters and California operations about 75
materials at its Circleville plant in Ohio, expected to miles to the Modesto area from Union City. Jatco is
start up by 2021, the US-based producer announced on a plastics company that makes everything from salad
Wednesday. DuPont Electronics & Imaging is building new tongs to large produce bins for farmers.After 34 years
production assets to meet growing demand in automotive, in Union City, Jatco decided the Modesto area was a
consumer electronics, telecom and defense.“Our new more affordable place to set-up shop.The organization
production assets will position us well to support the Opportunity Stanislaus worked with the City of Modesto
growing need across many sectors for our advanced to help convince the company to make the move and
answer its questions like can you help us gather a local
workforce? Can you make sure that we’ve got people
ready day one Getting employees ready is where Volt
Institute in Modesto comes in.It trains people to do all
sort of manufacturing jobs, helping older employees
update their skills and younger people get started.
Hundreds of trained workers that will help lure more
manufacturing to Modesto.Opportunity Stanislaus says
the more immediate future is also worth celebrating.
Jatco incorporated plans to have its new plant up and
running in April.The plastic injection molding company
JATCO Incorporated is relocating from the Bay Area to
high-reliability materials for innovations in areas such the Central Valley and will bring some 150 jobs with it
as 5G, automotive, flexible displays and artificial to the new headquarters.Founded in 1976, the company
intelligence,” said Jim Fahey, president of DuPont has been in Union City since 1985. But recently it has
Electronics & Imaging.DuPont is also making infrastructure looked toward the Valley to relocate, including spots
and personnel investments at its Hsinchu site in Taiwan. in Stockton and Turlock. Company president Steven
The company previously announced plans to increase Jones said Modesto won out because of the help of the
Kapton production by up to 20% by the end of the first city’s economic development team and the county’s
quarter of 2019.DuPont Electronics & Imaging serves
the semiconductor, advanced chip packaging, circuit
board, electronic and industrial finishing, photovoltaic,
display, and digital and flexographic printing industries.
It was formed from Dow Electronic Materials and
DuPont Electronics & Communications, following the
DowDuPont merger in 2017. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and
Company, commonly referred to as DuPont is an American
conglomerate that was founded in July 1802 in Wilmington,
Delaware, as a gunpowder mill by French-American
chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont. Opportunity Stanislaus program.“We picked Modesto
primarily because of the cooperation that we’ve had
In 2014, DuPont was the world's fourth-largest chemical
company based on market capitalization[3] and eighth- from the city and from the county,” Jones said. “It
largest based on revenue On August 31, 2017, it merged was nice to be welcomed with open arms from the
with the Dow Chemical Company to create DowDuPont, city and county, who offered to provide all of the
the world's largest chemical company in terms of sales, necessary support to ensure that our operation would
of which DuPont is now a subsidiary. be successful.”

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