Chemical company Dow DuPont has started separating itself into three new companies , just a year after it was founded , and filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) to create Dow Holdings apart from its material science division . A new version of DuPont and an additional company called Corteva will be established after Dow Holdings is up and running . Dow ’s agriculture business will become part of Dow and DuPont will take chemicals , medical silicones , food ingredients and automotive materials . DowDuPont filed a Form 10 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission to start the process of separating its materials science division into one of those firms, being called Dow Holdings. As part of the reorganisation , Dow will build new facilities in China and the US .
Chemical company Dow DuPont has started separating itself into three new companies , just a year after it was founded , and filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) to create Dow Holdings apart from its material science division . A new version of DuPont and an additional company called Corteva will be established after Dow Holdings is up and running . Dow ’s agriculture business will become part of Dow and DuPont will take chemicals , medical silicones , food ingredients and automotive materials . As part of the reorganisation , Dow will build new facilities in China and the US .