DSM DYNEEMA launches DYNEEMA® FORCE MULTIPLIER technology for life protection

Dyneema® Force Multiplier Technology combines breakthroughs in polymer science, next-generation fiber technology and unique uni-directional engineering to deliver up to 25 percent higher ballistic protection while reducing weight by up to 20 percent. At Milipol 2013, the company is showcasing the first products for soft and hard ballistic protection applications featuring this new technology. All are manufactured at the DSM Dyneema facility in Greenville, N.C.

Shitij Chabba, Global Segment Director, Life Protection, DSM Dyneema, explains "with off-the-chart ballistic performance combined with the lightest weight and lowest profile ever demonstrated, Dyneema® Force Multiplier Technology will define future standards in life protection, including soldier modernization. This dramatically different technology is not just the first deliverable from our Radical Innovation initiative; it’s also a clear demonstration of our ongoing commitment to saving lives."

DSM Dyneema views adoption of next-generation material technologies as critical in addressing major law enforcement and military trends that are intensifying the need to reduce the weight of protective gear. Dyneema® Force Multiplier Technology delivers benefits of significantly lighter weight – enhanced comfort and flexibility for people and greater range, agility and capacity for vehicles – while providing extreme ballistic performance. In fact, pound for pound, the levels of ballistic, fragmentation and trauma protection reached by this technology cannot be achieved by any other material.

The new products based on Dyneema® Force Multiplier Technology can be used to design personal protection (vests, inserts, helmets, soft armor applications and extremity protection) and vehicle armor. Additional products based on this technology are planned.