History

A Proud History and a Bright Future

In 2004, subsidiaries of Koch Industries acquired INVISTA from E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. INVISTA, formerly DuPont Textiles and Interiors, was combined with KoSa, a producer of commodity and specialty polyester fibres, polymers and intermediates. KoSa had been a Koch affiliate since 1998. In 2021, INVISTA Performance Technologies was renamed Koch Technology Solutions (KTS) and became a part of Koch Engineered Solutions.

KTS’ heritage stretches back to the beginning of the polyester industry via our predecessor companies, ICI and DuPont, and continues to this day.

1937

First DuPont Patents Released

1941

Polyester Discovered by Whinfield & Dickson

1950

First Commercial Production of Polyester

1954

Terephthalic Acid Production Begins at Wilton

1961

Commercial Air Oxidation TA Production at Wilton

1967

First Production of PTA, Purified Terephthalic Acid at Wilton

1973

First DuPont Patents for Stretch Blow Moulded PET Bottles

1974

First DuPont Polyester License at SASA

1988

First PTA Licensed Plant Commissioned in India

1993-98

DuPont acquired ICI's Global Nylon & Polyester Businesses

2004

INVISTA Acquired by Koch Industries

2010

First Million Tonne PTA Plant Licensed

2012

Start-Up of 2.2 Million Tonne PTA Plant