DuPont Textile Legacy: Why the Company That Invented Nylon No Longer Owns It
Ask someone in the fabric trade where a stretch fiber came from, and “DuPont” comes up constantly often incorrectly, in the present tense. DuPont Textile built more foundational textile chemistry than almost any company in history, but a series of corporate divestitures over the last two decades means the company barely touches consumer fiber production […]
DuPont and the Science Behind Elastomultiester Stretch Yarn
DuPont formally E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company is one of the most consequential companies in the history of textile science. Founded in 1802 as a gunpowder manufacturer, DuPont transformed into a global chemical and materials giant through the 20th century. Its contributions to the textile industry include the invention of Nylon (1935), […]