(Reuters) - DuPont Co struck a deal to sell its slow-growing car paint business to investment firm Carlyle Group LP for $4.9 billion cash as it seeks to focus on higher-growth areas such as ...

DuPont plans to exit its once-lucrative paint pigments business to focus on a thriving agricultural unit better equipped to shield the biggest U.S. chemicals maker from market volatility. DuPont's ...

When Rhode Island dropped DuPont from its lawsuit against former makers of lead paint last year, the company had agreed to donate $9 million to a nonprofit group focused on preventing childhood ...

(Reuters) - Chemical maker DuPont is considering the sale of its lucrative auto and vehicle paint business and has hired Credit Suisse Group AG to advise on the sale, according to sources familiar ...

Several buyout firms are preparing to participate in the roughly US$4bn auction for the DuPont unit that makes automotive finishes and industrial coatings, people familiar with the matter have said.

Beyond regional auto production increases, the growth is largely due to aggressive streamlining, the application of ‘Six Sigma’ methodology and implementation of a new strategic marketing plan. “With ...