DuPont’s presence in Turkey dates to the late 1950s and early 1960s with the company’s local agents and technical consultants in two major cities, Istanbul and Izmir.  Starting with its partnership in the polyester and nylon businesses with Turkish industrial giant Sabanci Holding in the 1980s, DuPont Turkey has been pursuing an active industry-focused strategy to connect with its customers and be a partner of choice for the key sectors. Major growth initiatives focus on the agriculture & nutrition, building & construction, and automotive industries. 

Turkey, Middle East & North Africa regional headquarters are located in Istanbul. DuPont Turkey now has more than 200 employees.

DuPont has a production facility in Gebze for DuPont Performance Coatings, offering high-technology automotive paints/coatings.  Pioneer Hi-Bred has seed production facilities in Adana, as well as a sunflower improvement and research center in the Ahmetbey Borough of Lüleburgaz in Thrace.

In 2006, DuPont Packaging Graphics Turkey launched a Customer Technology Center at Marmara University of Istanbul in partnership with the Printing Education Department of the Technical Education Faculty.   For the last three years, DuPont Turkey has sponsored the only science summer camp in Turkey, in cooperation with the Turkey Science Association.

Milestones

1950s: DuPont establishes a presence in Turkey.

1987: DuSa, the DuPont/Sabanci Industrial Yarn Manufacturing joint venture, is founded in Izmit.

1999: Pioneer Seeds Inc. becomes a part of DuPont in Turkey as a result of DuPont’s acquisition of Pioneer Hi-Bred International.

2000: The DuPont Performance Coatings joint venture is formed to facilitate completion of DuPont’s purchase of the Herberts coatings business from Hoechst.

2004: DuPont Turkey becomes a wholly-owned DuPont entity.

2005: DuPont Products S.A. Istanbul branch office merges with DPC Turkey. The new legal entity is known as DuPont Turkey Chemical Products Industry &Trade Co. Inc.

2006: The DuPont Imaging Technology Center is inaugurated at Marmara University.