DuPont Global Sourcing and Logistics Presents First Supplier Recognition Awards

ORLANDO, Fla.,  March 21, 2003  —  DuPont Global Sourcing and Logistics announced today the six winners of its first Supplier Recognition Awards for outstanding service to the company in 2002.

The awards were presented here today during the first DuPont Global Suppliers Conference (March 20-21) in Orlando. Hundreds of suppliers representing more than 350 companies from around the world met with DuPont officials to discuss how they can work more effectively to contain costs and improve service.

The six companies are:

• Dell Computer Corporation, supplier of desktop and notebook computers.
• The Nelson Company, supplier of wood pallets and crates.
• Huchems Fine Chemical Corporation, Korea, supplier of nitric acid.
• Maersk Sealand, the world's largest ocean container carrier.
• Schneider National, freight trucking carrier.
• PYCOPSA (Proyectos y Construcciones del Puerto, S.A. de C.V., Mexico), supplier of manufacturing maintenance, engineering detailed design, civil construction, electromechanical services, and instrumentation services.

"These six companies are illustrative of the active supplier partners that DuPont is seeking in pursuit of lower costs and improved services," said John P. Campi, vice president and chief procurement officer for DuPont Global Sourcing and Logistics. "We are pleased to recognize their outstanding performance with our first Supplier Recognition Awards."

DuPont spends about $17 billion annually to purchase supplies and services, logistics, and raw materials and energy.

DuPont is a science company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by solving problems and creating solutions that make people's lives better, safer and easier. Operating in more than 70 countries, the company offers a wide range of products and services to markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel.

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