
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 30, 1995                   TAG: 9504280035
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: F-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WAYNESBORO                                LENGTH: Short

DUPONT EXPANDS IN WAYNESBORO

Du Pont announced plans last week to spend $100 million to expand its Lycra fiber plant in Waynesboro and add 100 jobs to the work force of 1,500 when construction is finished in 1997.

The plans are similar to those announced in 1992 and put on hold because of adverse economic conditions.

Salim Ibrahim, a Du Pont vice president and general manager, said the company will change the production of Lycra from ``top to bottom,'' including the addition of new systems for preparing polymer and spinning the fiber.

Du Pont expects the expansion to create more than 300 construction jobs. Tom Harris, the Waynesboro plant manager, said additional expansion over the next 10 years could mean as many as 200 more production jobs.

by CNB