Dow ends up with lower capital expenditures and less risk, allowing it to focus on research and its higher-margin performance chemicals.
Kreinberg, who headed the performance chemicals unit, wanted Dow to dump its commodities business, arguing that it was dragging down his more profitable division.
Below we look at the three most important drivers for DuPont which have a significant impact on its stock price, focusing on the performance chemicals and materials division, which constitutes about 40% of the DuPont price estimate.
The performance and safety materials division supplies high-performance chemicals and materials that cater to a wide range of industries, examples being performance polymers such Nylon, and high-strength materials used for safety materials, such as DuPontTM Kevlar, Nomex and Tyvek.
DuPont de Nemours is involved in science and technology in a range of disciplines including high-performance materials, specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
The thing is, in many cases those chemicals are mandated by either building codes or performance codes.
DuPont is a diversified global chemical company, supplying agricultural products (such as seeds and pesticides), high-performance materials, automotive coatings, electronic materials and key industrial chemicals to industries and consumers world-wide.
The polyurethanes, performance products, advanced materials and textile effects segments manufacture and supply organic chemicals, while the pigments segment produces inorganic chemicals.
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The Industrial Products segment produces flame retardants (FR) and a variety of bromine compounds as well as other chemicals based primarily on rich mineral resources found in the Dead Sea, and the Performance Products segment is a phosphate powerhouse that produces a number of downstream products for food and industrial applications, offering solutions for the food, cleaning products, fire safety, coatings and electronics industries.
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