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• The Carlyle Group to Buy DuPont Performance Coatings Business for $4.9 Billion

  Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and DuPont announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Carlyle will purchase DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) for $4.9 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter 2013, subject to customary closing more

• Syngenta to acquire DuPont Professional Products business

  Syngenta announced that it has agreed to acquire the DuPont Professional Products insecticide business, a leading supplier of innovative products for the professional turf, ornamentals and home pest control markets. The acquisition will expand the range of products which Syngenta offers to golf cour more

• DuPont Grows Second Quarter Earnings 8 Percent to $1.48 Ex-items

  Second-quarter 2012 earnings were $1.48 per share versus $1.37 per share in the prior year, excluding significant items from both periods.  Reported second-quarter earnings were $1.25 per share versus $1.29 per share in the prior year. Sales increased 7 percent to $11.0 billion reflecting 6 percent more

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• Outsourcing R&D Innovation takes on New Meaning
  

  Innovative drugs are the lifeblood of pharmaceutical companies, but the cost of developing them is rising to unsustainable levels. Pharma executives are already saying that as the economy falters, they foresee bleak prospects and mergers unless their companies get more innovative drugs into their pipelines. The clock is ticking on the race to increase productivity, as key patents worth a projected $30 billion in revenue will expire between 2010 and 2013, opening the floodgates to competition from generics, according to Barbara Ryan, an analyst at Deutsche Bank. This imperative is propelling increased outsourcing of R&D operations as companies trim overcapacity. more

Publications DuPont

• Radiation synthesis of chitosan stabilized gold nanoparticles comparaison between e-beam and γ irradiation

  Publication date: Available online 21 April 2013Source:Radiation Physics and Chemistry Author(s): Khoa Dang Nguyen Vo , Christelle Kowandy , Laurent Dupont , Xavier Coqueret , Hien Quoc Nguyen Gold nanoparticles were synthesized via radiolytic reduction of Au(III) salts induced by e− beam o more

• The Effect of Phase Composition on the Mechanical Properties of LTCC Material

  For the fabrication of complex, micro‐electromechanical systems (MEMS) devices based on low‐temperature co‐fired ceramic (LTCC), higher firing temperatures and longer times than those proposed by the LTCC producer are needed. These changes to the thermal budget may influence the material propertie more

• Effects of Genetics and Environment on the Metabolome of Commercial Maize Hybrids: A Multisite Study

  This study was designed to elucidate the biological variation in expression of many metabolites due to environment, genotype, or both, and to investigate the potential utility of metabolomics to supplement compositional analysis for substantial equivalence assessments of genetically modified (GM) cr more

Market studies DuPont

• Survey of Fluorine Industry in China

  There is no doubt that fluorine industry has been one of the fastest developing and most promising chemical industries in China and China is the second largest economy in the world. Thus, fluorine chemicals, such as inorganic fluoride, refrigerant, fluor-polymer and fluor-intermediate four main sect more

• Lankem Ceylon Limited (LCEY) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Lankem Ceylon PLC is a Sri Lanka based chemicals manufacturing company. The company was founded in 1964 and it principally engages in manufacturing and marketing industrial chemicals, agro chemicals, paints and consumer products. The product portfolio of the company includes: paints; agro chemical more

• HAI Argochem Joint Stock Company (HAI) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  HAI Argochem Joint Stock Company (HAI JSC) is a Vietnam-based company specializing in the chemical sector and a prominent supplier of pesticides. It principally supplies agricultural chemicals, such as insecticides, fungicides, and fertilizers. The company also distributes seeds and plastic resin pe more

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