Invista

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INVISTA
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySpandex, Resin, Chemical, Polymer
Founded
  • February 2003; 21 years ago (2003-02) (as DuPont Textiles and Interiors)
  • April 30, 2004 (2004-04-30) (as INVISTA)
Headquarters
Wichita, Kansas
,
United States
Number of employees
10,000
ParentKoch Industries
Websitewww.invista.com Edit this at Wikidata

Invista (stylized as INVISTA) is a fiber, resin, and intermediates company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It has about 10,000 employees in over 20 countries worldwide.[1] The predecessor DuPont Textiles and Interiors was formed from DuPont's textile fibers division in February 2003.[2] The company was given the trademarked name INVISTA and was then sold to privately owned Koch Industries on April 30, 2004 for US$4.2 billion.[3][4] Koch Industries combined the newly acquired organization with their KoSa subsidiary to complete the INVISTA company.[4]

  1. ^ Carroll, Jeremy (4 October 2013). "Invista and Ingenza team up for bio-derived chemicals". Plastics News. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ "DuPont Announces Board of Directors for DuPont Textiles & Interiors" (Press release). dupont.com. May 1, 2003. Archived from the original on 16 May 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ^ "DuPont and Koch Subsidiaries Agree On Sale of INVISTA Fibers Unit" (Press release). dupont.com. November 17, 2003. Archived from the original on 16 May 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Koch Subsidiaries Buy Fibers Unit from DuPont" (Press release). invista.com. April 30, 2004. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-24.