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Table of Contents
Part I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS, continued
support increased customer demand for titanium dioxide, including a $500 million investment in new production facilities at the company's Altamira, Mexico
site scheduled for completion in 2014. In addition, the business is investing in facility upgrades to improve productivity at its other global manufacturing sites
over the next three years.
DuPont Chemicals and Fluoroproducts is a leading global manufacturer of industrial and specialty fluorochemicals, fluoropolymers and performance
chemicals. The business' broad line of products that include refrigerants, lubricants, propellants, solvents, fire extinguishants and electronic gases, cover a
wide range of industries and markets. Key brands include DuPont™ Teflon®, Capstone® , Dymel®, OpteonTM yf, Isceon®, Suva® , Vertrel®, Zyron® , Vazo®
and Virkon® .
The major commodities, raw materials and supplies for the Performance Chemicals segment include: ammonia, benzene, chlorine, chloroform, fluorspar,
hydrofluoric acid, industrial gases, methanol, natural gas, perchloroethylene, sulfur, petroleum coke and titanium ore.
Performance Chemicals segment sales outside the U.S. accounted for 60 percent of the segment's total sales in 2011.
Performance Coatings
Performance Coatings is one of the world's leading motor vehicle coatings suppliers. Products offered include high performance liquid and powder coatings
for motor vehicle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), the motor vehicle after-market, and general industrial applications, such as coatings for heavy
equipment, pipes and appliances and electrical insulation. After-market coatings products are marketed using the DuPontTM Standox ® , Spies Hecker®,
Cromax Pro ® and Nason® brand names. Standox ® , Spies Hecker® and Cromax Pro ® are focused on the high-end motor vehicle after-markets, while
Nason® is primarily focused on economy coating applications. The segment has several large customers, primarily in the motor vehicle OEM industry supply
chain. The company has long-standing relationships with these customers and they are considered to be important to the segments' operating results.
The major commodities, raw materials and supplies for the Performance Coatings segment include: isocyanates, pigments, resins and solvents.
Performance Coatings segment sales outside the U.S. accounted for 75 percent of the segment's total sales in 2011.
Performance Materials
Performance Materials businesses, Performance Polymers and Packaging & Industrial Polymers, provide productive, higher performance polymers,
elastomers, films, parts, and systems and solutions which improve the uniqueness, functionality and profitability of its customers' offerings. The key markets
served by the segment include the automotive OEM and associated after-market industries, as well as electrical, packaging, construction, oil, electronics,
photovoltaics, aerospace, chemical processing and consumer durable goods. The segment has several large customers, primarily in the motor vehicle OEM
industry supply chain. The company has long-standing relationships with these customers and they are considered to be important to the segments' operating
results.
Performance Polymers delivers a broad range of polymer-based high performance materials in its product portfolio, including elastomers and thermoplastic
and thermoset engineering polymers which are used by customers to fabricate components for mechanical, chemical and electrical systems. The main
products include: DuPont TM Zytel® nylon resins, Delrin ® acetal resins, Hytrel® polyester thermoplastic elastomer resins, Tynex ® filaments, Vespel® parts
and shapes, Vamac ® ethylene acrylic elastomer, Kalrez® perfluoroelastomer and Viton ® fluoroelastomers. Performance Polymers also includes the DuPont
Teijin Films joint venture, whose primary products are Mylar® and Melinex ® polyester films.
Packaging & Industrial Polymers specializes in resins and films used in packaging and industrial polymer applications, sealants and adhesives, sporting goods,
and interlayers for laminated safety glass. Key brands include: DuPontTM Surlyn® ionomer resins, Bynel® coextrudable adhesive resins, Elvax® EVA resins,
SentryGlas®, Butacite® laminate interlayers and Elvaloy® copolymer resins.
The major commodities, raw materials and supplies for the Performance Materials segment include: acrylic monomers, adipic acid, butadiene, butanediol,
dimethyl terephthalate, ethane, fiberglass, hexamethylenediamine, methanol, natural gas and purified terephthalic acid.
Performance Materials segment sales outside the U.S. accounted for 68 percent of the segment's total sales in 2011.
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