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. DuPont developed many polymers such as Vespel, neoprene, nylon, Corian, Teflon, Mylar, Kapton, Kevlar, Zemdrain, Nomex, Tyvek, Sorona, Viton, Corfam, and Lycra in the 20th century, and its scientists developed many chemicals, most notably Freon (chlorofluorocarbons), for the refrigerant industry. It also developed synthetic pigments and paints including ChromaFlair. In 2015, DuPont and Dow Chemical Company agreed to a reorganization plan in which the two companies would merge and split into three entities. The companies merged to form DowDuPont on August 31, 2017. After 18 months, it spun off the materials science divisions into Dow Inc. and the agribusiness divisions into Corteva, reverting its name to DuPont de Nemours, Inc. and retaining the specialty products division.