Kinetic Chemicals

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Kinetic Chemicals Inc. was a joint venture between DuPont and General Motors. It was founded in 1930 to develop and commercialize chlorofluorocarbon chemicals, such as refrigerants.^[1] One of the more famous inventions of Kinetic Chemicals was Teflon. In 1949, the operations came under control of the Organic Chemicals Department.

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v t e E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont)

Corporate directors	Lamberto Andreotti Richard H. Brown Robert A. Brown Bertrand P. Collomb Curtis J. Crawford Alexander M. Cutler There du Pont Marillyn Hewson Lois Juliber Ellen J. Kullman Lee M. Thomas

Products	Corian FE-13 Hypalon Kalrez Kapton Kevlar Mylar Neoprene Nomex Nylon Sorona Teflon Tyvek Vespel Viton Zodiaq Zytel

Subsidiaries and joint ventures	DuPont Pioneer Danisco Solae DuPont Danisco

Divisions and facilities	DuPont Building (incl. the DuPont Theatre and Hotel du Pont) DuPont Central Research DuPont Experimental Station

Notable people	Eleuthère Irénée du Pont Alfred I. du Pont Eugene du Pont Francis Gurney du Pont Francis Irénée du Pont Lammot du Pont Pierre S. du Pont Anthony Joseph Arduengo III Samuel Bodman Norman Borlaug Donaldson Brown Wallace Carothers Uma Chowdhry Thomas M. Connelly John T. Dillon Linda Fisher Richard Goodmanson Charles O. Holliday Steven Ittel Stephanie Kwolek James Lynah Rudolph Pariser George Parshall Charles J. Pedersen William Dale Phillips Roy J. Plunkett William K. Reilly John J. Raskob Irving S. Shapiro Joseph Shivers Richard R. Schrock Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr. Charles Stine Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. Nathaniel C. Wyeth

History	Du Pont family Hagley Museum and Library Eleutherian Mills E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company Hercules Powder Company Atlas Chemical Industries B Reactor (Manhattan Project) Remington Arms Savannah River Site Kinetic Chemicals Conoco Inc. Consolidation Coal Company DuPont analysis DuPont v. Kolon Industries Du Pont Motors

Sponsorship	Tour DuPont DuPont Pioneer 250 Hendrick Motorsports The DuPont Show with June Allyson DuPont Show of the Month

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