 The
E.I. du Pont de Nemours Company entered the twentieth century as one of the premier
manufacturers of explosives in the United States. After being reorganized under the leadership of Pierre S., Alfred I., and T.
Coleman du Pont, the company purchased serveral smaller companies. In 1912,
the U.S. Justice Department sucessfully argued that these acquisitions had created a
monopoly and ordered DuPont to divest some of its interests. As a result of the
decision, DuPont began looking for new areas to expand.
from an advertisement for DuPont dynamite
DuPont Magazine, November 1918
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