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DuPont. DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours. The company played a major role in the development of the U.S. state of Delaware and first arose as a major supplier of gunpowder.
The company raised its 2024 adjusted earnings forecast to around $3.90 per share, up from $3.70 to $3.80 it previously forecast, and above analysts' expectations of $3.77, according to data ...
Edward D. Breen (born c. 1956) [1] is an American business executive. He is the executive chairman of DuPont. [2] Prior to this, he was the chair of the board and CEO of DuPont, a role he started on November 9, 2015. [1] He is also a director of Comcast. [3] Prior to his role at DuPont, Breen was the chairman and CEO of Tyco International.
The establishment of Central Research in 1957 formalized a corporate commitment to basic research. The execution and publication of high quality research assisted recruiting and promoted the image of DuPont while raising morale among the CRD staff. The purpose of the research was to discover "the next nylon ", because Carothers' success and the ...
DuPont bought Rodgers Corporation for $5.2 billion. DuPont wants to expand its materials capabilities for clean energy and 5G telecommunications.
Alfred Irénée du Pont (May 12, 1864 – April 28, 1935) was an American industrialist, financier, philanthropist and a member of the influential Du Pont family. [1][2] Alfred du Pont first rose to prominence through his work in his family's Delaware -based gunpowder manufacturing plant, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (now known as ...
In 1915, Du Pont was elected a director of General Motors. [10] where he was a significant figure in the success of the company and was noted for building a sizeable personal investment in the company as well as supporting John J. Raskob's proposal for DuPont to invest in the automobile company. [11]
Hercules, Inc. was a chemical and munitions manufacturing company based in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, incorporated in 1912 as the Hercules Powder Company following the breakup of the DuPont explosives monopoly by the U.S. Circuit Court in 1911. [1] Hercules Powder Company became Hercules, Inc. in 1966, operating under this name until ...