President Bush tours DuPont.The day after giving the annual State of the Union address “State of the Union” redirects here. For other uses, see State of the Union (disambiguation). The State of the Union is an annual address in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country, normally to a joint session of Congress (the , President George W. Bush visited DuPont in Wilmington, DE, to discuss the country's energy policy and learn more about DuPont's leadership in developing and commercializing biofuels and other alternative energy sources. Show with the President is DuPont CEO/Chairman of the Board Chad Chad (chăd, chäd), Fr. Tchad, officially Republic of Chad, republic (2005 est. pop. 9,826,000), 495,752 sq mi (1,284,000 sq km), N central Africa. Holliday. The president toured the DuPont Experimental Station The DuPont Experimental Station is the largest research and development facility of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.[1] Located on the banks of the Brandywine River in Wilmington, DE, it is home to some of the most important discoveries of the the modern chemical industry. , where he saw examples of how DuPont is putting science to work to provide products for agricultural energy crops, feedstock feed·stock n. Raw material required for an industrial process. Noun 1. feedstock - the raw material that is required for some industrial process raw material, staple - material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing processing and advanced biofuels--all part of the company's sustainable growth mission. President Bush's visit was the first official visit by a U.S. president to DuPont in the company's 205-year history. During the visit, the president said, "There (are) all kinds of opportunities to make energy to power your automobiles from that which had been discarded dis·card v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards v.tr. 1. To throw away; reject. 2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. as waste in the past. And right here at DuPont, you're on the leading edge of change ... I'm incredibly encouraged by what I saw." |
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