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Spectra® fiber is one of the world's strongest and lightest fibers. A bright white polyethylene, it is, pound-for-pound, fifteen (15) times stronger than steel, more durable than polyester and has a specific strength that is 40 percent greater than aramid fiber. Spectra® fiber is used in a wide variety of Armor, Industrial and Recreational applications.

Honeywell also converts Spectra® fiber into the Spectra Shield® family of specialty composites for armor and other applications. The Spectra Shield® family of composite products began with the development of Shield technology by Honeywell in the late 1980s.

Honeywell engineers have also developed Shield products using other high-performance fibers, such as aramid fiber in our Gold Flex® and Gold Shield® products. Since the late 1980s Shield technology and the Spectra Shield® family of composite products have revolutionized armor systems in ballistic resistant vests and hard armor applications used by law enforcement agencies and militaries throughout the world.