The DuPont Experimental Station is the largest research and development facility of DuPont,[1] located on the banks of the Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware.
On the morning of January 24, 2007, President George W. Bush became the first US president to visit the Experimental Station.[2]
As of 2025, the Experimental Station hosts multiple industrial tenants including DuPont, Chemours, Qnity Electronics, IFF, and Celanese, as well as the Innovation Space, an incubator for chemical and biotech startups.
Overview
The DuPont Experimental Station was founded as an effort to move the DuPont Company from gunpowder and explosives into chemistry.[1] The site overlooks the original powder mills upon which the company was founded – now Hagley Museum and Library. The Experimental Station is located east from Hagley Museum and west-southwest from Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware. The station serves as the primary research and development facility for DuPont. It is home to DuPont's leveraged engineering and analytical teams, and both business units of DuPont are also represented on site. The Experimental Station is where many materials and products were developed by DuPont, including:
See also
- List of DuPont Experimental Station Inventions
External links
References
- See David A. Hounshell and John Kenly Smith, Jr., “Science and Corporate Strategy — DuPont R&D 1902–1980,” Cambridge University Press, 1988, as a general historical reference about DuPont that includes much information about the Experimental Station.^
- For more about Bush's visit and his speech on energy, see https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070124-5.html^
- History of Nylon US Patent 2,130,523 'Linear polyamides suitable for spinning into strong pliable fibers', U.S. Patent 2,130,947 'Diamine dicarboxylic acid salt' issued and U.S. Patent 2,130,948 'Synthetic fibers', all issued 20 September 1938^