DuPont
American multinational chemical company
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| January 17 2025 | DuPont cancelled its plans to spin off the water division, deciding to retain it within the company. |
| May 2024 | DuPont announced plans to split into three publicly traded companies, with Lori Koch set to become CEO on June 1, 2024, and Ed Breen transitioning to executive chairman. |
| 2023 | DuPont pleaded guilty to criminal negligence for the 2014 methyl mercaptan gas leak. The company was ordered to pay a $12 million fine and donate an additional $4 million to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. |
| November 10 2022 | The state of California filed a lawsuit against DuPont and 3M for manufacturing persistent organic pollutants, which DuPont claimed was meritless. |
| November 1 2022 | DuPont withdrew from the Rogers Corporation acquisition deal due to prolonged Chinese regulatory review, paying a $162.5 million termination fee. |
| November 2021 | DuPont announced its intention to acquire Rogers Corporation in a $5.2 billion deal. |
| February 2020 | Edward D. Breen returned as CEO, replacing Marc Doyle and Jeanmarie Desmond after less than a year in their roles. |
| 2019 | After 18 months, DowDuPont spun off its material science divisions into a new Dow Chemical entity and its agribusiness divisions into Corteva, while reverting its name back to DuPont and retaining specialty products divisions. |
| 2019 | DuPont led the Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index. |
| 2019 | DuPont completed its spin-off from DowDuPont and established a new corporate identity with sustainability commitments for 2030. |
| 2019 | DowDuPont spun off its agricultural unit, including Pioneer Hi-Bred, as an independent public company named Corteva, separating the agricultural technologies division from the main company. |
| 2018 | DuPont was fined over $3 million for environmental violations. |
| March 2018 | Jeff Fettig was announced as executive chairman of DowDuPont, effective July 1, 2018, and Jim Fitterling was set to become CEO of Dow Chemical on April 1, 2018. |
| February 2018 | DowDuPont officially named its three divisions: Corteva Agriscience (agriculture), Dow (materials science), and DuPont (specialty products). |
| 2017 | DuPont settled 3,550 personal injury claims related to the Parkersburg, West Virginia contamination for $671 million. |
| August 31 2017 | DuPont merged with Dow Chemical and renamed itself to DowDuPont, becoming the world's largest chemical company in terms of sales, with an estimated merger value of $130 billion. |
| August 31 2017 | The merger between DuPont and Dow Chemical Company was completed, forming DowDuPont. |
| May 2017 | China conditionally cleared the merger between DuPont and Dow Chemical, marking a significant milestone in the companies' merger process. |
| April 4 2017 | The remedy submission to the European Commission delayed their review deadline to April 4, with the intended business spin-offs expected to occur approximately 18 months after the merger's closing. |
| March 2017 | DuPont and Dow Chemical postponed their merger deadline and completed a $1.6 billion asset swap with FMC Corporation to help secure antitrust clearances. DuPont acquired FMC's health and nutrition business while selling its herbicide and insecticide properties. |
| January 2017 | The European Commission initiated a regulatory probe to assess the proposed merger between DuPont and Dow Chemical, investigating potential impacts on competition in crop protection, seeds, and petrochemicals. |
| 2016 | Carneys Point Township, New Jersey initiated a $1.1 billion lawsuit against DuPont for improper divestment of an unprofitable company without property remediation. |
| December 2016 | A jury awarded $2 million to a plaintiff whose testicular cancer was linked to PFOA, with an additional $10.5 million in punitive damages. Internal documents revealed DuPont had known about potential cancer links since 1997. |
| 2015 | DuPont and Dow Chemical Company agreed to a major reorganization plan involving a merger and subsequent split into three separate companies. |
| December 11 2015 | DuPont announced a merger with Dow Chemical Company in an all-stock transaction, creating a combined company valued at $130 billion. |
| October 2015 | An Ohio resident was awarded $1.6 million when a jury found her kidney cancer was caused by PFOA in drinking water. |
| October 2015 | DuPont sold its Neoprene chloroprene rubber business to Denka Performance Elastomers, a joint venture of Denka and Mitsui. |
| July 2015 | DuPont became the largest of 450 businesses placed into OSHA's 'severe violator program' due to repeated safety infractions. |
| July 1 2015 | DuPont completed the spin-off of Chemours, which began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. DuPont then focused on GMO seeds, solar panel materials, and alternatives to fossil fuels. |
| 2014 | DuPont becomes the top-scoring company in the chemical sector according to CDP, achieving an 'A' or 'B' score in nearly all evaluation areas. |
| 2014 | The International Agency for Research on Cancer designated PFOA as 'possibly carcinogenic' in humans. |
| November 15 2014 | A poisonous methyl mercaptan gas leak occurred at a Houston-area DuPont plant, resulting in the death of four workers and injuries to others. 24,000 pounds of toxic gas was released and spread to surrounding areas. |
| 2013 | DuPont completely phased out PFOA production. |
| October 2013 | DuPont announced plans to spin off its Performance Chemicals business into a new publicly traded company called The Chemours Company. |
| February 2013 | DuPont sold its Performance Coatings division to the Carlyle Group, which was subsequently rebranded as Axalta Coating Systems. |
| 2012 | DuPont released a statement claiming total toxic releases and transfers were 13% lower than 2011 levels and 70% lower than 1987 levels. |
| 2012 | DuPont is named to the Carbon Disclosure Project Global 500 Leadership Index for sustainability metrics and emissions reduction goals. |
| May 1 2012 | DuPont acquired full ownership of the Solae joint venture from Bunge, a soy-based ingredients company. |
| 2011 | A court-appointed C8 Science Panel concluded there is a probable link between PFOA exposure and several serious health conditions, including kidney cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid disease, high cholesterol, pre-eclampsia, and ulcerative colitis. |
| August 2011 | DuPont voluntarily withdrew Imprelis from the market after reports emerged of the herbicide causing damage to trees, including Norway spruce, white pines, and honey locust. |
| May 16 2011 | DuPont successfully completed its tender offer for Danisco and proceeded to redeem the remaining shares and delist the company. |
| January 9 2011 | DuPont announced an agreement to buy Danish company Danisco for US$6.3 billion. |
| 2010 | DuPont Pioneer received approval to market Plenish soybeans, a genetically engineered soybean with high oleic acid content and improved fat profile. |
| 2010 | DuPont signed the EPA's PFOA Stewardship Program, agreeing to reduce facility emissions and product content of PFOA and related chemicals by 95% globally. |
| 2010 | DuPont's facility was listed No. 4 on Mother Jones' top 20 polluters, legally discharging toxic chemicals into New Jersey and Delaware waterways. |
| 2010 | DuPont reported a pre-tax U.S. profit of $949 million for the year. |
| 2010 | Researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute ranked DuPont as the fourth-largest corporate source of air pollution in the United States. |
| October 2010 | DuPont began marketing Imprelis, a herbicide designed for controlling plants in turf areas. |
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