Company Story
1802 - Éleuthère Irénée du Pont founded the company as a gunpowder mill in Wilmington, Delaware
1877 - DuPont began producing dynamite, a type of explosive
1905 - DuPont merged with the Gillette company, but the partnership was short-lived
1910 - DuPont started its first research and development laboratory
1920 - DuPont began producing nylon, a synthetic polymer
1935 - DuPont introduced the first synthetic fiber, nylon 6,6
1957 - DuPont began producing polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
1962 - DuPont and General Motors formed a joint venture to produce a synthetic fiber called Kevlar
1985 - DuPont acquired the chemical business of General Motors
1999 - DuPont merged with Pioneer Hi-Bred, a leading producer of seeds
2001 - DuPont spun off its pharmaceutical business, naming it DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company
2015 - DuPont merged with Dow Chemical, then subsequently spun off and merged with Corteva Agriscience and renamed itself DuPont de Nemours, Inc.