DuPont History.pdf

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LE OF CONTENTIiPageIs Du POnt. . . . . . . . . . 1

Brief History. . . . . . . . . . 2POnt Today . . . . . 4riculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

oal 5onstruction. . . . . . . . . . . . 6lectronics 7bers 7e Global Operations ofDuPont 8

th Care toSystems to

Pont, the Innovator 3Company of Principles 4

Is Fundamental 4Concern for People 4

mental Sensitivity 5Unending Quest for

Quality 5oking to the Future 6

1802 I du PontNemours formed on the banks of heRiver nearDelaware toure black powderoriginal Du Pont

have beenored and are now par ofHagley Museum whichs the Industrialof he United

Beneath portrait oj thefamed chemISt Lavoisier andhls protege I du Pont fivecontemporary Pontscientists display some of thetools 0 their trade

T S S U PONT

du Pont de Nemours andCompany was founded in 1802,on the banks of the BrandywineRiver near Wilmington, Dela-ware, to manufacture blackpowder. From these modestorigins, rhe company has grownto become one of the largestand most diversified industrialcorporations in the world.With more than 140,000 employ-ees and 200 manufacturing andprocessing planrs worldwide, thecompany has annual sales thathave exceeded 30 billion.Today, Du Pont has largelywithdrawn from the explosivesbusiness. Meanwhile, however,the company has ventured intomore than 90 other major busi-nesses. DuPont products cancurrently be found in most majormarket sectors. From agricultureto transportarion, the company sproducts are improving the qualityof life around the w o r l ~ nreason Du Pont proudly says it ismaking a difference.


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Among he industriesthaI Du onthas enteredthrough acqUisitionsare pharmaceu ica selectronics petroleum andnuclear medicine

RI F HISTORYEleuthere Irenee du PontdeNemours emigrated co theUnited States in 1800. In hisnative France, he had been anapprentice co the famed chemistLavoisier, and was well-versedin the crafe of manufacturingblack powder. Discovering a needfor quali ty powder in his adoptedcountry, he decided co go intothe business.The Du Pont Company remainedessentially a black powdermanufacturer throughout its firstcentury. During this period, itachieved growth primarily byexpanding its markets geographically, first co the Americanfrontier and later overseas.Within three years afrer thecompany was founded, Du POntpowder was being sold inEurope, marking the beginningof the company s evolution intothe global corporation we knowcoday. By the mid-1800s,Du POnt products were being soldaround the world, and the company had achieved a worldwidereputation for quality.e has retained that reputation,and the company s internationalcharacter has continued co evolve.Du Pont has manufacturing orprocessing operations in about 40nations on six continents-aglobal diversification few othercorporations can match. One ofevery four Du POnt employeesworks outside the United States.The company markets in morethan 150 countries. I ts international sales now account formore than 40 percent of revenues figure expected to increase co50 percent by the mid-1990s.

Acquisitions have become anoer important avenue of growthfor DuPont. The company maits first acquisition more thancentury ago, when it purchasepowder mil l in Pennsylvania,first manufacturing expansionoutside the Wilmington area.first important acquisition outside the explosives business wathe 1910 purchase of Fabrikoian artif icial leather used by thfledgling automobile industryOver the years, DuPont hasacquired interests in many othcompanies, some of which remamong its core businesses. Thmore significant acquisitions thave helped lead the companyinco new markets includeRemington Arms (1933), EndLaboratories (1 9), BergElectronics (972), and NewEngland Nuclear and Conoeo(both 1981). These mark thecompany s diversification intosporting arms, pharmaceuticaelectronics, nuclear medicine,and energy businesses, respectively. In recent years, thecompany has pursued an aggresive acquisitions strategy; inthe 1980s alone, it has investemore than 10billion co fundmore than 50 major acquisirioand joint ventures with othercompanies.Much of the company s growthas been generated internally.This was the outcome of a strategic decision diversify bydeveloping new products throresearch. The year was 1902,company s 100th anniversary.laboracory was opened in nearNew Jersey, among the firstresearch facilities operated bycorporation. A year later , theExperimental Station was estalished on a 152-acre site on abluffoverlooking rhe BrandywRiver USt downstream from toriginal powderworks. Thedecision co underrake a formaresearch program rransformed


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Pone into a science-basedmpany, and gave birth to a

of discovery andovation that it has nurturedsince.

ially, the research concenated on ways to expand the

ny s exisring explosivesThe focus soonto a variety of

mical processes unrelared toplosives. To extend the

pany s new Fabrikoidhetic leather business,

int other synrheticwas undertaken. This

forr subsequently resulred indiscovery of nylon, rhe first

many man-made fibers ro beeloped by Du Ponr scieneists.

n fact, rhe announcement oflon in 1938 marked the dawnan era of synrhetic marerialserior to their naturalther key discovery made thar

ar was Teflon fluoropolymer,substance wirh applications tharge from elecrronics ro non-

ick coatings used in a vasr arrayindusrrial and consumer pro

Orlan acrylic andDacron polyester followed in1948 and 1950-and many otherhetic fibers have since been

veloped by company scieneists,notably Kevlar aramid

ntroduced in 1970), a fiber tharfor pound is five times

ger rhan sreel.prominence in the field

polymer chemisrry is legendOf the roughly 50 major

ymer groups known to science,Pont participares in more

han half on a commercial basis,d has developed 16 separateusinesses based on polymers.

is one of the reasonsPone has achieved a world

de reputarion as a discovery

The Experimental Sta ion sone of the largest privateindus rial research centers the world

The company pioneeredthe science of industrialmedicine to help ensure thesafety of its employeescus orners and neighborsDu ont polymers are used inpackaging food and otherconsumer products aroundthe world


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DUPONT TODAY its th anniversary draws

near the Du POnt Company isthe p ro to ty pe for the g lo ba l corporation that is expected to bep re emin en t in the 2 1st c en tu ry .The company actively pursues aglobal strategy that utilizes itstraditional strengths of researchand development and manufacturing to focus on strategicmarkets rather than on productsp r s This strategy is an evolutionary process driven by aneed to be c ompe titive o n aworld scale not solely in isolatedmarkets however large theymight be. DuPont has long beenknown as one of the world spremier science companies andfor the excellence of its manufacturing processes. A currentgoal is to achieve the same levelof perceived excellence in marketing. This entails a recognitiontha t in a very real way t hecompany is in partnership with itscustomers because it has a vestedinterest in their success.The following pages contain a briefoverview of the company s diversebusinesses and product linesg ro up ed b ro ad ly by the marke tsthey serve. The number of prodU t and services offered byDu POnt is now in the tho usan ds.The majority of the productofferings are sold as basic orsemi-finished materials to othermanufacturers. Most of the productssupplied by Du Pont will undergofurther processing before becomingconsumer goods.

Du Pool products range fromfiber for hosiery to ndustnalfinishes such as paints usedon sealll Q at he Astrodomefrom oplica fibers liouidpetro eurn gases s ored in thisunderground cavern in heUnited Kingdom


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Pennsylvania has produclioncapacity in excess of f ivemillion tons per year thelargest of any undergroundmine in North America

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Asubsidiary since 1981 Consolidation Coal Company is uPOnt scoal m in in g an d m at ke ti ng arm.Known in the industry s Consolthe company is the second largestproducer of coal in the U ni te dStates and has one of the largestcoal reserves of any coal miningcompany.In a typical year the companyproduces more than 50 milliont ns of coal a t some 3 0 u nde rground and surface mines inthe United Scates and Canada.Most of the output is steam coalsold mainly to electric utilities.The balance metallurgical coalused i n t he pr odu ct io n of steel.The company is also the largestexporter of coal from t he U ni te dStates.Widely respected s one of thesafeSt and the most efficientoperator of coal mines in NorthAmerica the company maintainsthe only laboratOries in the coalindustry performing tesearch onsafer more efficient ways toproduce coal and environmentallysound ways to use it.

The company s ConsolidationCoal subsidiary operates itsown fleet of tugs and bargesto deliver coal to its manyutility customers. lis BaileyMine in southwestern

Du Ponl is researching thedevelopment of safer moreeffective crop protectionchemicals to increase yieldsof crops such as grapes inEurope and wheat in th ePacific Northwest

P ont has become one of theargest suppliers of agriculturalJ emicals with manufacturingcilities in nine countries on fiventinents. The company s fungi-

herbicides and insecticidesre used i n more t han 100 coun

tries on six continents. Theseoducts help increase both the

o lum e and t he q ua li ty of suchmajor crops s soybeans cornrice wheat cottOn sugar cane

d beets and a variety of otherits and vegetables. uPontis

lso a leader in products forndustrial weed control.

e company recently strengthed its international marketingpability in the agricultural

ector by acquiring fourmpanies in Europe and enreri ng a j oi nt v ent ure i n A rg en ti na.

agrichemical researchuPont is seeking to increase itsorldwide market penerrationith low- or non-toxic compounds

that control weeds insects andan t diseases yet break downpidly in the environment and

re compatible wirh beneficialThe objective is

velop important St -effectivep-protection chemicals for all

major crops-prodUCtS with highfor target pests low

se tates and high safety co mand environment alike. Another

mportant avenue of agriculturalresearch is biotechnology the

bined use of advanced molecular techniques and more tra

al science to ad d value t oed food feed and fiber pro

tion and processing. Thempany looks to agriculrure s

of irs most significantvenues for g ro wt h i nt o t he ne xt

GRI ULTIJRE


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Among the many materialsDu Pont manufactures far theconslruction industry areCarian counterlops; nylonliber for Du Pont-certifiedStainmasler carpeting;Ti-Pure titanium dioxide forpaints paper and olherproducts; neoprenesynthetic rubber and 1m ronindustrial coatings used inbridge construction andmainlenance; and Butaciteused in safely glass inaulomobiles and commercialbuildings.

ONSTRU T ON

Pont has long played animportant role in providing products for use in construCtion,ranging from home building tolarge-scale industrial projects.Neoprene, the world s firstcommercially successful syntheticrubber, was jointly discovc redby scientists from otre DameUniversity and DuPont in theearly 1930s. A versatile productwith many applications, neoprenepads are used to support bridgestructures, and neoprene gasketsare used to anchor the glass inmodern glass wall buildings. Thecompany is the world s largestproducer of titanium dioxide, awhite pigmcnt used in paints,textiles, papcr, plastics, andmany othcr products.

Much of the elcctrical wiringhigh-risc construction uses insulation manufactured fromDu Pont produCts, includingTeflon fluoropolymer,Kapton polyimide, and Mypolycster film. Tyvek spunbondcd olcfin is used to insulabuildings to improve their cnefficiency, and the company sadhesives are used for many cstruCtion applications, includroofing. Safety glass usingButacitc polyvinyl buryralresin sheeting is finding wideapplications for commercialconstruction. Lucite glazingoften specified as the materialchoice in applications where gis not practical. And, instcadthe traditional steel pipe, manutilities arc now using corrosiresistant polyethylcne pipemanufaCtured by Du Pont.Some of the company s moseimportant produCts for the costruCtion industry are also amthe most visible. Coriancountettops for bathrooms andkitchens offer elegance and eaof use, tw reasons they aregaining increasing popularitycommercial applications suchoffices, hotels, restaurants, another public buildings. Du POcertified Stainmaster carpetsand carpeting of Antron nyoffcr many advantages for bothome and commercial applicatand have gained wide acceptaStainmaster is now the mossuccessful new produCt introduction in DuPont s history.


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ELE TRONI S FI ERS

Du Pont fibers include manof the world s best knownmost popular man madematerials. including Lycra:Dacron, and Kevlar. Thecompany is the largestsupplier of synthetic fibersthe textile industry worldwid

world. These include Lycraspandex, Dacron polyester,Orlan acrylic, and Ancronnylon, used for a variety of innerand outerwear, ranging from lingerie and hosiery to children sclothing, sweaters, and men ssuits. Kevlar and Nomexaramids and Tyvek sponbondedolefin are used for special-purposeapparel, offering such features asballistic and thermal protectionand disposabiliry (for surgicalgowns and drapes). These materials are also used in a variety ofindustrial applications.Kevlar and Lycra alongwith Teflon were among theproducts selected by Fortunemagazine for i ts 100-best list,which features U.S. productsunequaled for quality and performance by the products of anyother country.

The company s electronicsbusiness offers more than15,000 different designs lorhigh-pertormance connectorsfo r t he electronics industry. At customer service facility.Du Ponl techniciansdemonstrate slate-ol-the-arttechniques lor the productionof electronic circuit boards.The company is leadingplayer in the emergingtechnology 01 optical disks forinformation storage andretrieval.

Pont s fibers business datesback to 1910 and the acquisitionof a company that manufacturedcoated fabrics for the autO industry. Expanding on this earlyexpetience, in 1921 Du Pontbegan producing a European discovery called Fibersilk , a manmade fibet more commonly knowntoday as tayon. The company scommercial introduction of nylonin 1938 marked the beginningof the man-made textile industryworldwide. Since then, Du Ponehas grown become the world slargest and most diversifiedsupplier of man-made fibers toserve consumets and industry,with wholly owned subsidiariesor joint-veneure planes in orchand South America, Europe,and Japan.Many of the company s fibers arehousehold names, not only in theUnited States but also around the

The company s involvement withelectronicsdates back to the 1930s,hen company scientists inventedstes of silver and glass that

constituted a workable capacitor,and the 1950s, with the invencionof metallic mixtures that could befired to form stable resistOrs.Since then, Du Pont has introduced high-quality products forelectronic circuitry, interconnection, and stOtage media applications in the instrumencation,data processing, telecommunications, automotive, and militarymarkets worldwide.Today, it is one of the latgestsuppl iersofmaterials, components,subassemblies, manufactutingptocesses, and services to the electronics industry, with half of itsbusiness outside the United States.Among new ateas of intetest ateoptical disks for storage of data,sound, and images; and opticalfiber technology, which useshair-thin strands of glass that


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DuPont and its su/;.ridiarits operatesome 200 manujtKturing andprocessing plants in about 40countries on six continents. Thecompany also conducts petroleumexploration and production operationsin about h l of these cortn/ries.The company maintains marketingoffices in more than 60 fOlmtries.Du Pont products are marketed inmore than 150 wuntries.

Du Po t s global operations employmore than 140 000 people one-fourth ofwhom work outside theUnited States. The photographs depictsome of the company s facilitits illthe nations in which Du Pont hasmanufacturing or processingoperations, or conducts petroleumproduction and/or exploration,


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IM GING SVST MS

lOne of the most promising arfor future growth is imagingsystems products and systcmdesigned to capture, store, repduce, and transmit informationmany forms, on the printed paand electronically. With plantson five continents, Du POnt halong been a major supplier to tprinting industry, providingmany different techniqucs totransfer words, photographs, agraphics to the printed page. Tproduct lines range from filmsand photographic papers processors, chcmicals, and printinplates and equipment such asCromalin proofing systems,which provide reliable pre-prescolor proofs in less t ime and cothan traditional proofing systemIncreasingly, the industry focutoday is on replicating elemenof conventional printing proceselectronically, a technology thhas many potential advantagesto users, including reduced COand greatcr efficiency. To complemcnt its research and develoment resources in a manner thwill bring these new technologto world markets more rapidlythe company has enteted intojoint ventures, made acquisitions, and undertaken marketiand development agreements wa number of other companies,both large and small, in theUnited States, Europe, and JapaFor example, a joint venture btween Du POnt and Xerox is devoping electronic color proofingtechnology for the printingindustry.

The company s imagingtechnology has made t aleader in supplying theprinting industry with devicessuch as this electrostaticprocter that simulates aprinted page n as itlle as oneminute compared with asmuch as minutes usingconventional processes.

Du Pont is building to be a leadcrin medical research. It is usingknowledge accumulated in molecularchemistry to help understandthe complex processes of life -research that may alleviatecancer, AIDS, and other dreadedillnesses. The health care marketis expected to continue toexpand, and the company expectsto capture a significant share ofthat growth.

Pont is forging a productivescientific link between chemistry,biology, electronics, and engineering, to understand and meetthe needs of the health careindustry. The company s rolespans the industry from fundamental research in its labs tomanufacturing products usedaround the world for research,diagnosis, and treatment.The company s rOOtS in healthcare date back to the 1930s,when Du Pone began manufacturing X-ray film. Over theyears, its involvement increasedas it made ncw discoveries thatfound a role in meeting the needsof the medical community.To focus its efforts to become asubstantial supplier of health careproducts across the board, DuPontconsolidated its various medicalprograms into a single businessunit in 1983. This business hasgrown in size and diversitythrough internal research, dozensof working relationships withhigh-technology firms and academic institutions, and jointventures and acquisitions. Today,Du Pont s broad range of healthcare ptoducts and its researchobjeCtives aim at medical centersworldwide, especially in NoahAmerica, Europe, and Japan.The company offers a broad rangeof products, from centrifugesto DNA sequencers for medicalresearchers, from diagnostic kitsfor V infection to sophisticatedclinical analyzers for those whodiagnose disease, and from antiflu medications to short-actingbeta blockers for those who treatillnesses.

H LTII RE

Among the targets ofu Pont s medical research areAIDS. cancer andcardiovascular disease as wellas finding opportunilies to usethe company s advancedmaterials as replacement partsfor the human bodyThe company got its start inthe medical businessmanufacturing a line of X-rayfilms and is now a majorsupplier of imaging materialsand systems including adevice to transmit X-rayimages electronically thatallows physicians to consultspecialists and obtain secondopinions quickly and reliably.


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The company s engineeringplastics are used to fabricacomponents recreationaldevices from bicycles to sk

Among Du P on t s m a nyproducts lor leisure andrecreation is lhe ruggedouterwear produced by itsRemington subsidiary, whichalso manufactures sporlingarms. Four oul every fiveswim suits use Lycraspandex. Du Pont nylon isused manulacture high-slrengtll Prime and Sirenfishing lines.

wear fashioned from Lycraspandex provide comfort as wellas design flexibility and attractiveness on beaches from AtlanticCity to Cannes and Rio de Janeiroto the South Seas. The companyalso offers a line of ruggedouterwear and accessories inaddit ion to the sport ing armsand ammunition sold under thefamiliar Remington Arms name.

u ont products and discovies have found their way intoery facet of our lives. Cookso use pots and pans coated with

SilverStone and SUPRAn-stick coatings are ut of thetchen faster. A variety ofterials made by Du POnt are

sed both to package the productse buy and as part of thects themselves.

the playing fields, tOugh, wearDu Pont polymets are

to proteCt balls used inny spOrts, including basket

al l, soccer, and golf, from cutsnd abrasions. Parts for many

of recreational vehicles-rom hang gliders and experi

aircraft to bicycles-Du POnt materials.POnt products have improved

performance of athletes inny sports. For example,

Surlyn ionomer resins are usedmold high-quality ski boots,i bindings use Delrin acetalsin, and skis often incorporate

vlar acamid for light-weightrength. ai ling has also beenproved through the use ofPOnt products, including sailsde from high-strength Mylard Dacron polyesters and

Kevlar aramid. Even anglersoost their catches by using

strength Stren andfishing lines made

DuPont nylon.r have personal comfort and

fety been neglected. Racingivers wear heat-resistant suitsNomex aramid, and apparel

shioned from Orlon acrylicDacron polyester provides

tection against the elements.parel made with Coolmaxd Thermax polyesters prodes cooling or warmth asquired by weather conditionsd the activity at hand. Swim


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The company is majorsupplier of man made libersfor tiresConoco. Du Ponl S petroleumsubsidiary. has an acliveexploration program and iswidely respected as technologica innovatorparlicularly ollshore Thecompany markets gasolineunder number of brands inthe United S la te s a nd W e s te rnEurope

P TROL UM

The company entered the petroleum business in 1981 when itacquired Conoco Inc., a majorproducer of crude oil, petroleumproducts, and natural gas, withoperations in the United States,Canada, and some 25 othercountries on six continents. Thecompany produces oil and naturalgas on four continents and isactively exploring on six. operates five oil refineries in theUnited States and one in theUnited Kingdom and has aninterest in a refinery in WestGermany. The company s petroleum products are marketedprimarily in the United Statesand Western Europe.Known throughout the industryas a highly efficient company,Conoco s costs for finding anddeveloping new petroleumsupplies are consistently amongthe lowest in the petroleumindustry. As an explorer andproducer of oil and natural gas,Conoco has achieved a reputationas an innovator, pioneering theconcept of underwater oil storagein the Middle East in the 1960s,and developing the world s firsttension leg offshore productionplatform, a revolutionary newdesign that permits oil and gasproduction in waters toO deep forconventional facilities. Thecompany is currently using thisadvanced technology to developa field in record depths of morethan 1 750 feet of water in theGulf ofMexico and will alsoapply it to develop a large fieldin the Norwegian Sea, not farfrom the Arctic Circle.The company is also an imaginative marketer, one of the firstto offer low-cost petroleumproducts marketed at conveniencestores. In Europe, it has pioneered the development ofautomated, unattended gasolinestations.

TR NSPORT TION

h company has played a keyrole in the evolution of transportation, initially by supplyingfabrics and tar remover to thefledgling automobile industry.In the early 19205, it introduceda line of automotive lacquers thatenabled car makers to deliver carswithout waiting weeks for successive layers of paint to dry.Bolstered by the 1986 purchaseof Ford s orth American automotive paint business, DuPont isa major world supplier ofautomotive finishes, both for newvehicles and the automotiverepair business, with productionfacili ties in Europe as well asNorth and South America.The company is developing newautomotive markets through theuse of engineering plastics toreplace metal parts such asautomobile fenders, trunk andhood lids, and bumpets producedby leading car manufactuters inthe United States and overseas.The company s Butacite PVBresin sheeting is sandwichedbetween layers of automotive glassto make it shatter-resistant forgreater safety. Other Du POntpolymers are used in automotivehoses, gaskets, and belting.Specialty produces such as Kevlarand Nomex aramid fibers are

finding specialized automotapplications, including theias components in tires and bsystems. In all, the companmarkets more than 60 diffeproduct lines for the automoinduscry alone.An important growth area itransportation market will blight-weight, high-strengthcomposite materials that canreplace metals, particularlyin many applications. BasedKevlar and Nomex aramas well as carbon fibers derivfrom petroleum, these superstrong materials are alreadybeginning to make inroadsfabrication of aircraft wing afuselage components for theworldwide aerospace indust

Du P o nt m a rk e ts moredillerent product lines fautomotive industry anconstantly researching nproducts. such as thisprototype car door framfrom Bexley automotive


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THEINNOV TORcommitment to excellence

as been a corporate hallmark everince E duPOnt built his first

II to manufacture high-qualitylack powder. Nowhere is this

more evident thanthe company s focus on disvery and technical innovation,twin mainsprings of Du POnt Swth. From their pioneeringture into corporate research all

e way to the present, Du POntentists have discovered andloped high-technology ptO-

cts to serve a broad range ofneeds, giving rise to the

ogan, Better Things forLiving.

lleling the globalization ofth its markets and its manufac

the company also hasized its researchand developprogram. It operates more

n 100 research, technicalort, and customer service

cilities around the world, witharly two-thirds of them con

g basic or applied research.le Experimental Station, one ofe largest and most sophisticated

strial research centers ine world, remains the hub of theD effort.

ughly 60 percent of thepany s tesearch outlays are

to suPPOrt existing busiexpanding existing pro

lines, improving productity, and reducing manufac

costs. The balance of theis focused on new direcsearch, designed to find

d develop new business oppotnities for the company.lymers and the life sciencesrently account for about twO-of the company s reseatch

Other areas of particulatest are chemical processes,

ectronics, imaging systems andPont spends more on research

ach year than all but a handfulcorporations. The billion-

ollar plus R D budget suprts a staff of more than 51000ientists and engineers and anual number of technicians and

Among t he m any importantinventions made by Du Pont isthe Genesis 2 devicethat provides more accuratea nd fa ste r w ay s to exploreIile s genetic code

The life sciences account formore lhan thi rd of annualresearch expenditures. Muchof this research is conductedat specially designed facilityallhe Experimental Station.Innovation in marketing hasled the company into manynew markets and businessesaround the world.

One avenue of innovativeresearch is superconduc-tivity which promises to have variety of importantapplications.


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ON ERN FOR PEOPLE

l O n e of DuPont s foundingprinciples has become even mdeeply ingrained over the spaof two centuries: the companyconcern for people. Today thconcern is evidenced in a variof ways. One is the company deep commitment t o fair andequitable treatment for emploees. Another is to maintain itwell-earned reputation as a paserrer in its commitment to eopportunity and human digniStill anothet is the company seffort to encourage employeeinvolvement with the ultimagoal of tapping the innate talof people to perform to theirfullest potential.In 1935 DuPont sconcern focwell-being of employees led toestablishment of one of theworld s first industrial mediciresearch facilities rhe HaskellLaboratory for Toxicology andIndustrial Medicine. TodayHaskell has been expanded sustantially and the focus is nOtonly on the unique concerns oindustrial medicine bu t morebroadly on the long-term effeof chemicals in the environmeOver the years it has collectetoxicity information on some12 000 substances-invaluabldata to help measure and redut he risk in human exposure tohazards during the manufactutransportation or use of asubstance.Du Pont s ongoing concern fopeople is also the driving forcbehind a corporate philanthroprogram that recognizes thespecial needs of the communiin which Du POnt and its subaries and affiliated companiesoperate around the world.

S FETY IS FUND MENT L

Th e safety of its people products and operations throughoutthe world has always been a matterof the highest priority at DuPont.It is the company s long-standingpolicy that no product will beoffered unless it can be manufactured distributed stored usedand eventually disposed of safely.One outgrowth of this policy is asafety record that is among thebest of any manufacturing company. In fact a DuPont employeeis many times safer at work thanat home.A second result of this commitment is a worldwide reputationfor safety excellence. Over theyears so many companies andpublic-sector institutions havecome to Du Pont for advice onhow to improve their safetyperformance that the company isnow a major marketer of safetyexpertise. In its capacity as aconsultant it has been able tohelp a number of organizationsmake meaningful improvementsin the safety of their operationsand products. For example astudy of 178 of these clientsindicared they improved theirsafety records by an average of37 percent the first year and 89percent by rhe sixth year.

AOMP NY OF PRIN IPLES

POnt is a dynamic companythat maintains the flexibility toadapt to rapidly changing conditions in highly competitiveworld markets. is also acompany that is dedicated tocertain principles that have characterized the company s operations since its founding. Theseprinciples have become thecornerstOnes of Du Pont sreputation---as a company that iscommitted to the safety of itsemployees its neighbors and itscustomers; as a company ofunquestionable integrity andsocial responsibility; as acompany whose operations areenvironmentally sound; and asa company whose products andservices are consistently of thehighest quality.

Symbolic o f the company sconcern for people is thismedal awarded to Du PontCanada in recognilion of itsefforts to make Ihe workplacebetter for women

Du Pont has nurtured manytradilions in its nearly 2years of operafion but notradition is more importantthan Ihe safety not only of itsproducts but also of thepeople who make and usethem salety training andequipmenl are provided toevery employee around theworld

Al the company s HaskellLab toxicity data arecollected and kep t on file toaid in reducing the risk ofexposure to hazardousmaterials


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SENSITIVITY

one of the first companies tocognize the need for environ-

stewardship, u Pont ised for its extensive, ongoing

for protecting andancing the environment.ese programs have been adoptedt only to protect the quality of

ife for people who work at com-facilities, but also for thoselive nearby. Environmental

lity is viewed as a legacy thatbe passed from generation

generation.company continues to exer-

se industrial leadership in theonmental arena. ne of the

ore significant examples of thiswas the company s

luntary decision to phase outof fully halogenated

orofluorocarbons, which haveen scientifically related to thedual depletion of the earth sective ozone layer.

most visible aspect of Iheongoingconcern is thecontrol equipment ine a t all company sites. Thehas invested 1in such equipment, andonmental operatingaverage 500 millionr

IEUNENDING QUEST FOR ffYFom the outset, the companyalso has maintained a deepcommitment to quality, In theearly days, the reliability of itsgunpowder and explosives wonwide acceptance among the pio-neers who explored the vastwilderness that lay beyond theAppalachian Mountains, givingbirth to the legend that theAmerican West was won withu Pont powder.The tradition of excellence con-tinues, as the company has grad-ually evolved inco a globalenterprise with a diverse range ofactivities. Today, the emphasisis not only on product quality,but also on achieving excellence inevery job at every level in thecompany. This is viewed as thekey to marketing excellence, avital element in u POnt Scommitment co achieve and main-tain a customer orientation inthe highly competitive globalenvironment in which it operates.

To help safeguard the earth sprotective ozone layer Du Ponlis hailing the manufacture offluorocarbons Ihat cause ozonedepletion, an d is aggressivelyresearching safer alternatives

Another tradition is thecompany s reputation forquality, which dales back 1 an1811 Ieller from U. S.President Thomas Jefferson tocompany founder E I. du Pont.praising the quality of Du Ponlpowder At the company sEngineering Plastics Center inJapan technician subjects sample to strength test.


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Technology will continue toplaya pivotal role in shapingDu Pont s future In thecompany s petroleumoperations, the development ofgeophysical workstationsbrings powerful interpretativetools to the site pelroleumexploration and developmentrather than conducting theanalysis hundreds orthousands of mi les away aswas n ec es sa ry in th e p as t.At the Experimenlal Slation,molecular modeling techniques(in disciplines as diverse asagriculture, electronics,medicine, and polymerchemistry) help researchersavoid pursuing scientific deadends by simulating on thecomputer the likely results offield experimentation,

WOKING TO TIl UroR

POnt has not only survivedbut prospered far longer thanmost corporations One key tolongevity has been to remainfaithful to the principles thatits foundation but at the samtime to adapt its philosophiesstrategies and its businesses kee p pace with the rapidlychanging and increasingly mocompetitive external world.The company is prepared in avariety of ways to b ui ld o n irsunparalleled status as a discovcompany: through utilizationthe knowledge and expertise oone of the world s largest reseacenters explore exciting newrealms of science and technolothrough the development of nmanufacturing expertise; throjoint ventures and selective acsitions in areas that complemethe company s existing businesand product lines; and througthe placement of research anddevelopment contracts with unversities and commercial reseafacilities around the world.Although it will surely be dif-feren t in man y key ways the uPontCompany that eorers2 1st c en tu ry will have a stron gresemblance to the companyknow today. Like today s uPOthe uPont of tomorrow will hadedication to certain fundameprinciples a passion for excel-lence an acute focus on markeand acompellingdrive to innovThis is uPont

Just as the powder mills alongthe Brandywine symbolize thecompany s past its p op -representing researchmanufacturing, andmarkeling-symbolizeDu Pont s future.


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DuPont History.pdf