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Wilmington, Del, September 1, 2006

New Marketing Partner for DuPont™ Artistri™ Offers Software to Drive DuPont™ Artistri™ Printer

DuPont™ Artistri™ today announced the appointment of Kothari Info-Tech Ltd. of Gujarat, India, as a marketing partner for its DuPont™ Artistri™ digital printing for textiles system. Kothari provides a driver for the DuPont™ Artistri™ 2020 printer associated with KITL's Print Pro™ software package.

"With our expanding customer base in Asia, we are pleased to partner with Kothari and offer the innovative functionality of Print Pro™ to our textile printing customers," said Barbara Nyland, software product manager, DuPont™ Artistri™. "Print Pro™ utilizes the full potential of Artistri™ permitting vibrant reproduction of complex designs on fabric with flexible color management options and a user friendly interface."

Kothari Info-Tech, Ltd. has developed innovative methods for color separation, device calibration, digitally printed textiles and textile coloration as well as robust system level resource handling libraries and user friendly software applications to make the tasks simpler. These tools and technologies are targeted toward the Graphic Arts and Textile Dyeing/Printing segments. Kothari Print Pro™ software for Artistri™ is commercially available in India, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand and Taiwan.

"We are quite excited to be a marketing partner for DuPont - the global leader in the digital textile printing segment. Our product has been quite successful in Japan and this partnership will offer us a new window of opportunity in the global market. With this partnership, our goal is to provide an exceptional experience for the customer through our software solutions," said Sanjay Maheshwari, director, KITL.

DuPont™ Artistri™ marketing partners are a select group of industry-leading fabric, textile equipment and software suppliers whose offerings complement the Artistri™ portfolio of products for digital textile printing. This network makes it possible for DuPont to offer customers a fully vertical, integrated printing solution from fabric preparation through post-processing.

DuPont™ Artistri™ is a fully integrated, production-capable, digital textile printing solution for printed textiles, apparel, home furnishing, gaming, flag and banner, soft signage and industrial applications. The system consists of three components: DuPont™ Artistri™ printers, ink and software. The system is supported by a world-class global service and support team, which provides product, application and consulting services.

For more information on DuPont™ Artistri™ digital printing for textiles, contact DuPont on 877-234-1794 (US), 65-6586-3699 (Asia), 39-02-9542-4456 (Europe). On the web, visit: www.artistri.dupont.com

For more information visit http://www.kothariinfotech.com/ or email us at mktgppart@kothariinfotech.com

DuPont is a science company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel.

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