DuPont
/duːˈpɒnt/
/duːˈpɑːnt/
- a large US chemical company, that also sells a wide range of other products, including plastics. It began in 1802 as a small family company producing gunpowder in Wilmington, Delaware. In 2017 it combined with the Dow Jones Chemical Company to form DowDuPont.
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