DuPont Canada Inc., whose business origins in Canada date to 1877, is a diversified science company. The wide range of products sold includes nylon industrial yarn, synthetic fibers, polymer resins, packaging films, automotive finishes, crop protection products, and industrial chemicals. We sell to approximately 3,000 customers in Canada, the United States and 40 other countries.

    Our business is reported in five segments: Nylon Enterprise (35 per cent of total sales), Performance Coatings and Polymers (23 per cent of sales), Specialty Fibres (10 per cent of sales), Specialty Materials (14 per cent of sales), and Specialty Polymers and Films (18 per cent of sales).

    DuPont Canada has manufacturing plants and sales offices in Ontario (Ajax, Sarnia, Kingston, Maitland, Mississauga and Whitby); Quebec (Thetford Mines); and British Columbia (Vancouver) from our interest in Brookdale International Systems Inc. In 2001, Enhance Packaging Technologies Inc. acquired Prepac of France, a pioneer in liquid packaging systems and equipment. And, in May of 2002, we added Liqui-Box. Liqui-Box is a pre-eminent leading manufacturer of packaging systems for pumpable food products for institutional applications. The new entity, which will be called Liquid Packaging Systems , a DuPont Canada company, adds 700 new employees and 11 new sites: Ashland, Ohio; Auburn, Massachusetts; Elkton, Maryland; Houston, Texas; Lake Wales, Florida; Ontario and Sacramento, California; Upper Sandusky, Ohio; Worthington, Ohio; Mexico; Romiley, United Kingdom; and Pune, India.

    Technology research and development activities are conducted at our Research and Development Centre at Kingston, Ontario, and at most plant sites. DuPont Canada supplements its own technical information and patent rights with those of the global DuPont company of Wilmington, Delaware.

    About 76 per cent of the common shares of DuPont Canada are owned by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. The remaining shares are held principally by Canadian investors, including close to 2000 employee shareholders.

    2002 Net Sales: $2 468 million2002 Net Earnings: $248 million

    Employees: 4,000

    President and CEO: Douglas Muzyka

    Brands: Includes Stainmaster產nd Antron畁ylon fiber, Zytel產nd Minlon畁ylon-based products, Lycra, Nomex, Kevlar, Coolmax, and Tyvek畇pecialty fibers, Suva甪luorochemicals, Teflon甤oatings, Enhance甪lexible aseptic packaging systems and Zodiaq畄uartz surfaces.