DuPont Names Manring Vice President of Technology for Coatings & Color Technologies

WILMINGTON, Del., May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DuPont has named Lewis E. Manring as vice president of technology for its Coatings & Color Technologies business segment. Manring will oversee research and development globally for the segment, which includes DuPont Titanium Technologies and DuPont Performance Coatings.

Manring, 53, joined DuPont in 1984 as a research scientist at the Experimental Station, the company's global R&D headquarters here. He has served in a variety of business and scientific leadership positions in the company's engineering polymers and nonwovens businesses and in central research and development. Most recently, he was global technology director for Coatings & Color Technologies.

DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

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