short for E.I. Du Pont
de Nemours and
Company, Inc. a
company which manufactures a variety of products including textile fibers, agricultural and industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals and plastics.
E. I. du Pont Nemours &
Company, a large
American manufacturer of chemical,
plastic and
synthetic products,
having plants and subsidiaries around the
world. The
company was founded in 1802 by
French-born
American industrialist ?leuth?re
Ir?n?e du Pont
de Nemours (1771-1834) and originally produced gunpowder. It was managed by the du Pont family well into the twentieth century and expanded into such diverse products as dyes, paints,
acids,
rubbers and plastics, photographic film and agricultural chemicals. The
company also invented
nylon,
rayon and other
synthetic fibers.
short for E. I. Du Pont
de Nemours &
Company,