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Maegan Deguzman R.

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DuPont

1802-Present

:Industries & Brands:

Government

&

Public Sector

Graph:

Agriculture

:Introduction:

Safety

& Protection

Automotive

CORIAN® SOLID SURFACES

NOMEX® BRAND

Building

&

Construction

Marine

Electronics

DUPONT™ SORONA®

Packaging

&

Printing

DANISCO®

Pioneer®

Health Care

&

Medical

Energy

Plastics

DuPont™ Teflon® brand

Mining

KEVLAR® BRAND

Rail

Food & Beverage

Chemicals

Interesting Facts

SentryGlas®

Tyvek®

  • The company is the second largest chemical manufacturer in the US and is also the world’s largest seed company.
  • DuPont is the 33rd largest company in the US, ranking 17th in terms of profit this year.

February 6

:Products & Services:

  • DuPont was originally a gunpowder mill but it has grown to something even bigger than before.
  • It is known for many different innovations.
  • The company has obtained 34,000 patents over the years.
  • DuPont operates in 90 different countries today.
  • CEO of the company is Ellen Kullman.
  • DuPont is a global science and technology company.
  • Headquarters are in Wilmington, Del.

They create many supplies such as:

1802: DuPont was founded in Delaware by a Frenchman named Eleuthere Irenee du Pont de Nemours.

  • Crop Protection
  • Food Protection
  • Membranes & Flims
  • Wire & Cable Materials
  • Sporting Goods
  • Seeds

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Financials

  • Printing and Package Printing
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Home, Garden & Car Care
  • Food ingredients
  • Electronic & Electrical Materials
  • Cookware and Bake ware
  • Construction Materials
  • Chemicals, Compounds & Solutions
  • Animal Nutrition & Prevention
  • Display & Lighting materials
  • Fabrics, Fibers, & Non-Wovens

:Videos:

  • Revenue in millions 2013: 36,144.00

  • Range 61.93 - 63.20

  • 52 week 46.02 - 65.00

  • Vol / Avg. 3.00M/4.73M

  • Shares 926.99M

Enabling Vehicle Weight Reduction

DuPont Pioneer Hybrid Rice Production in Vietnam

DuPont™ Tyvek® Reduces Food Waste During Transport

DuPont Renewable Aircraft Deicing Fluid - "New Ice Age"

Developing the Most Efficient Solar Panels

Sustainable China Textile Industry | DuPont™ Sorona® - "Fashion Forward"

:Past Problems:

  • On July 31, 1907, an antitrust suit was filed against DuPont for restraint of trade in the explosives industry. A federal court ruled against DuPont on June 21, 1911.

:History:

:History Continued:

Market Share/Importance

  • According to the company’s SEC filing, competitors offer a comparable range of products from agricultural, commodity & specialty chemicals to plastics & fibers products.
  • In 1999 DuPont was listed by the US Public Interest Research Groups as one of the ‘Dirty Five’ – the five biggest polluters in the US
  • In 1987, the New Jersey Supreme Court found that DuPont had deliberately concealed medical records identifying that several workers were suffering illnesses related to asbestos exposure.
  • The company also competes in certain product markets with smaller and more specialized firms and with petrochemical operations in oil-producing countries.

2014

  • DuPont’s principal competitors include major chemical companies based in the United States, Europe and Asia (principally Japan, China and Korea).
  • 1804:Black Powder was produced.
  • 1837: Alfred V. DuPont takes his fathers place as owner of DuPont.
  • 1880: Lammot DuPont established the Repauno Chemical Company, which

:Sources:

  • http://www.minyanville.com/special-features/articles/oldest-public-companies-america2527s-oldest-companies/9/23/2011/id/37022
  • http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/media-center/news-releases/dupont-facilities-fail-greenpe/
  • http://plasticadditives.dupont.com/fileadmin/user_upload/softnsafe/documents/Papers/sns-white-paper.pdf
  • http://www.dupont.com/products-and-services/fabrics-fibers-nonwovens/fibers/videos/begins-threads.html
  • 1902: When the company was incorporated, it controlled 36% of the US power market.
  • 1905: It held a 75% of the share. DuPont was responsible for 56% of the national production of explosives with the $60 million estimated assets making it one of the nation's largest corporations.
  • Company's most important discovery was nylon-product which was the first created in 1930 by a research group by Wallace H. Car others.

Industries:

  • http://www.dupont.com/industries.html
  • WW2 brought more profits for DuPont because of the course of the war, the company produce 4.5 billion pounds of military explosives.
  • The company began moving away from merchandise products and focused on oil, healthcare, electronics & specialty chemicals.
  • Greenpeace has accused DuPont of using ‘tricky patents’ (i.e. passing off items as their ‘inventions’ when they quite clearly aren’t) in an attempt to gain control over the most important food crops. They observe that DuPont has “a natural interest both in owning and exploiting plant genetic material, mostly derived from developing countries, and in replacing farmers’ own local varieties with few patented crops – and their often associated inputs.”

produced

  • http://www2.dupont.com/Phoenix_Heritage/en_US/2000_a_detail.html#timeline
  • http://www.knowmore.org/wiki/index.php?title=Image:E._I._du_Pont_de_Nemours_and_Company-logo.png#Pollution
  • http://www.dupont.com/corporate-functions/our-company/leadership.html
  • http://www.dupont.com/corporate-functions/our-company.html
  • https://www.google.com/finance/historical?q=NYSE:DD&ei=YQrzUtihB5D0qAGOTg
  • http://www2.dupont.com/Reliatran/en_RU/AboutReliatraN/DupontIntroduction/dupontintroduction.html
  • http://www.dupont.com/
  • https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ADD&ei=4DTzUtj6E9T7qAHTzwE
  • http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=202

Products & Services:

  • http://www.dupont.com/products-and-services.html

dynamite.

  • 1880: DuPont build its own machinery and materials.
  • 1903: DuPont establishes the Experimental Staiton.
  • 1904: Pyroxylin and plastics launched DuPont away from the powder business.

The black powder market eroded further with the development of smokeless powder in the 1890s.

  • "Following citizen inspections conducted by land, air and water today, Greenpeace issued a ‘failed inspection’ report to DuPont for failing to fully secure two of its chemical facilities in Delaware and New Jersey against terrorists or catastrophic accidents. DuPont’s Delaware and New Jersey plants each put 660,000 and 2,000,000 people at risk in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey respectively." quoted from Greenpeace in 2010.

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