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Innovation Starts Here
1802-99
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1927-40
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1970-89
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EXPLORE ALL
DuPont makes key contributions to Allied victory in World War II, widens its product offerings to post-war consumers and struggles with antitrust charges and larger social and economic tensions.
1941
Orlon
1942
Canadian Expansion
1942
Manhattan Project
1948
Crawford H. Greenewalt
1949
Engineering Polymers
1950
Dacron
1952
Mylar®
1954
DuPont Canada
1957
First European Plant
1961
Tedlar®
1962
Lammot du Pont Copeland
1962
Lycra
1965
Stephanie L. Kwolek
1965
Kevlar®
1966
Tyvek®
1966
Symmetrel
1967
Nomex®
1967
Charles B. McCoy
1968
Riston® Dry Film Photoresists
1968
Lannate®
1969
Making Bad Water Good
1969
Pharmaceuticals Grows
1969
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