Overview

DuPont Mexico began in service of the Mexican mining industry. In 1925 DuPont collaborated with the Hercules Powder Company to form the Compania Mexicana de Explosivos and acquire the Compania Nacional Mexicana de Dinamita y Explosivos with a plant at Dinamita in northern Mexico. Although DuPont established a wholly owned subsidiary, DuPont S.A. de C.V., that sold and distributed U.S.-made products three years later, it was not until after World War II that Mexican operations expanded beyond explosives.

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