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I Information flies around the world at an ever faster pace and volume, requiring .ewer-more sophisticated technologies to ...... carry the load. Miles of computer network cabling lie vulnerable to fife and smoke damage that can.cripple communications. The printing Industry strives to lessen jts dependence on chemical solvents. DuPont Electronic & Communication Technologies provides the answers/ DuPont-enabled circuitry makes communications mobile,,driving cell phones and laptops. Computer cabling jacketed with DuPontTM Teflon* resin prevents wiring from fueling office fires. DuPontTM Cyre\*FAST revolutionizes printing with a soiventless methodology. The demands placed on technology'arid communication increase daily. DuPont Electronic & Communication Technologies answers those demands worldwide. : . . ^ ]..%: /J p ChemFirs.t Acquisition Accelerates Creation of 1C Materials When DuPont acquired ChcmFirsr. Inc. and ics two semiconductor fabrication businesses in late 2002, die company's reach into this critical electronics sector immediately increased. The company's businesses that serve this market were fully integrated in 2003 and now offer an expanded portfolio of highly engineered and differentiated materials including Z\Ton'v electronic gases, lor advanced integrated circuit manufacturing. Propelled by the desires of businesses and consumers to have smaller, faster and less expensive computers, cell phones and other electronics, DuPont will meet the need for over-more complex integrated circuits. Spotlight on Science: Wai Mun Lee Cleans the Chips Wc All Depend On Integrated circuits -- IC chips -- arc the tiny brains essential to the per formance of everything from personal computers, cameras and refrigerators, to the airbag in your automobile and the countless other electronic appliances and digital equipment consumers use in daily life. To ensure performance and reliability, IC fab ricators must completely remove the microscopic residues generated during the manufacturing process. Research Executive Wai Mun Lee revolutionized, the cleaning of ICs with the development ol EKC PlasmaSolv cleaning technology enabling IC fabricators to reliably clean their most advanced current and future, designs.. This technology is widely adopted as the standard cleaning process by IC manufacturers to clean their chips and keep a myriad of electronic devices operaring smoothly and dependably. LCC Cabling Guards . Communications Equipment... and Lives Communications cabling is the nerve center of die modern office. But if fire breaks our, conventional cabling can become deadly, emitting a thick, black oily smoke and serving as a major fuel source. To make LAN communications systems and data centers safer, DuPont developed limited combustible cable (LCC) jacketed with DuPont1M Teflon!t fluoropolymer.' LCC wirli Teflon has considerably less potential for ignition, flame spread and smoke generation. Fire tests at the British Research Escablishment/l ire Research Station in Bedford, England, showed that LCC produced virtually no smoke and would not self-sustain a flame.