DuPont akaramba achiwedzera, achienda mukugadzirwa kwemagetsi uye isina utsi upfu. Muna 1902, mutungamiri weDuPont, Eugene du Pont, akafa, uye shamwari dzakasara dzakatengesa kambani kune vatatu vazukuru-vazukuru vemugadziri wekutanga. Charles Lee Reese akagadzwa semutungamiriri uye kambani yakatanga kuisa pakati pemadhipatimendi avo ekutsvagisa. Kambani yakazotenga makambani akati wandei emakemikari madiki; muna 1912 zviito izvi zvakakonzera kuongororwa kwehurumende pasi peSherman Antitrust Act. Matare akazivisa kuti kutonga kwekambani mubhizimusi rinoputika kwaive monopoly uye akaraira kudzingwa. Mutongo wedare wakakonzera kugadzirwa kweHercules Powder Company (yakazotevera Hercules uye ikozvino chikamu cheAshland) uye Atlas Powder Company (yakagadzirwa neImperial Chemical Industries (IICI) uye ikozvino Akzoitezo) chikamu cheiyo yekutanga muvambi.
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