Dupont

            DuPont makes a variety of high-value products for industry today, including.
             polymers, chemicals, fibers, and petroleum products.products for agriculture,.
             electronics, transportation, apparel, food, aerospace, construction, and health care.
             DuPont serves customers in these and other industries every day, offering "better things.
             for better living" as the company prepares to begin its third century of scientific,.
             technological, commercial, and social achievement. DuPont is a research and technology.
             based chemical and energy company with its annual revenue exceeding $39 billion.
             Eleuthre Irne du Pont de Nemours, a French immigrant, established DuPont.
             in 1802 in a small Delaware town. E.I. du Pont was a student of Antoine.
             Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, and when he came to America he brought some of.
             the new ideas about the manufacturing of consistently reliable gun powder. His.
             product ignited when it was supposed to, in a manner consistent with expectations. This was.
             greatly appreciated by the citizens of the growing nation, including Thomas.
             Jefferson, who wrote thanking du Pont for the quality of his powder, which was being used to clear the land at Monticello. Many other heroes of early America owed their success, and their.
             lives, to the dependable quality of DuPont's first product. This represents a good,.
             strong start for a company. .
             DuPont, which is moving through the last decade of the twentieth century and.
             toward its third century, emphasizes several things; competing globally;.
             sharpening its business focus; increasing productivity; committing to safety, health, and.
             environmental excellence; and continuing to extend its significant science and.
             technological achievement. .
             One of DuPont's major strategies is to focus on businesses in which DuPont.
             has core competencies, where DuPont can build competitive advantage. The most.
             notable example of this focus was the 1993 transaction in which DuPont acquired ICI's.