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Manufacturing 2025: LEDESMA, DAVID
SPRUANCE PLANT MANAGER, DUPONT SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Manufacturing 2025: LEDESMA, DAVID
SPRUANCE PLANT MANAGER, DUPONT SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Ledesma became the plant manager of DuPont’s Spruance site in 2021 after serving in the same role at its facility in Buffalo, New York.
Built in 1929 to manufacture rayon, DuPont’s Spruance site sits along the James River and is the largest of the company’s manufacturing facilities worldwide. Ledesma manages more than 2,000 employees, some of whom had parents and grandparents who worked at the plant. Materials produced there include Nomex, which is used in automotive hoses, electrical insulation and aircraft, and Kevlar, which is used in body armor.
In 2024, DuPont de Nemours announced it would split into three publicly traded companies, separating its electronics and water units. However, in January, the company announced it had decided to keep the water business within its portfolio.
Previously, Ledesma worked at Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), a Texas oil producer, as production manager in Michigan and Texas. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of South Florida and an MBA from DeVry University.
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