DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

About DuPont

DuPont de Nemours, Inc. is a US corporation founded in 1802 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, that develops and produces solutions for the healthcare, water and advanced industrials markets. The portfolio includes, among others, Tyvek® protective and sterile packaging material made from flash-spun HDPE (production in Richmond, VA, USA and Contern, Luxembourg), Vespel® polyimide molded parts and custom machined components, MOLYKOTE® lubricants, Cyrel® flexographic printing plates and Artistri® water-based inkjet inks. Tyvek® production operates under certified environmental management (ISO 14001); at the Contern site, DuPont operates an onsite recycling facility that converts production waste into HDPE granulate. For Artistri®, the company maintains global R&D centers, among others in Neu-Isenburg (Germany), Kanagawa (Japan) and Shanghai (China). Vespel® Design Centers in Asia, Europe and America develop customized precision parts together with customers for applications up to over 315 °C.

Site

Wilmington (Delaware)

Processes

R&D and formulation (e.g., water-based inkjet inks, application development: Fluid Dynamics,, Certifications and product stewardship, Recycling of production waste (onsite recycling facility Luxembourg, partnerships with Sonoco, Technical support and case-study application consulting (MOLYKOTE®, Vespel®), Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Awards / Medical Packaging Conference, Vespel® Design Centers in Asia, Europe and America (Custom Machined Parts)

Materials

High-density polyethylene (HDPE), Polyimide, Copper, High-density polyethylene (HDPE), flash-spun, High-density polyethylene (HDPE), antistatic, Specialty lubricants (pastes, greases, coatings), Water-based inkjet inks, Flexographic printing plates (photopolymer)

Certificates

ISO 14001

Founded

1802

Industries

Healthcare / Medical Packaging, Water treatment, Automotive, Construction, Aerospace, Printing and Packaging

1. 01

   R&D and formulation

2. 02

   Material production (flash-spinning HDPE, polyimide molded parts)

3. 03

   Custom machined parts manufacturing

4. 04

   Recycling of production waste

5. 05

   Technical support and application development

Materials & Processes

Sites

Quality & Environmental Management

Tyvek® production in Richmond (USA) and Contern (Luxembourg) operates under certified environmental management according to ISO 14001, including continuous monitoring and optimization of energy and water consumption as well as waste prevention (4R program).

History

1. 1802

   Founded by Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours as a gunpowder mill on Brandywine Creek, Wilmington, Delaware

2. 1880er–1890e

   Production of dynamite and smokeless powder; in the early 20th century, control of roughly two-thirds of the explosives market

3. 1903

   Establishment of the DuPont Experimental Station, one of the first industrial research laboratories in the USA

4. 1910er–1920e

   Investments in General Motors (until the orderly divestiture in 1957); joint ventures for viscose and cellophane

5. 1930er

   Wallace Carothers invents neoprene and nylon (1935); founding of Kinetic Chemicals with GM (Freon)

6. 1938

   Invention of Teflon (PTFE)

7. 20. Jh.

   Development of numerous polymers: Vespel, Corian, Mylar, Kapton, Kevlar, Nomex, Tyvek, Sorona, Lycra and others

8. 2015

   Spin-off of the chemistry divisions into Chemours

9. 2017

   Merger with Dow Chemical to form DowDuPont

10. 2019

    Separation of Dow (Material Science) and Corteva (agribusiness); renaming back to DuPont, focus on Specialty Products