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Case: Invista 2003


THE STORY

In 2002, DuPont pooled a variety of units (makers of Lycra, Teflon, Stainmaster and other brands) to create "DuPont Textiles and Interiors" and on January 1, 2003 made it a freestanding subsidiary. At $6.3 billion, it was "the world's largest integrated fibers and intermediates company." President Steve McCracken was determined to cut the DuPont cord to permit "a distinct, independent corporate identity," "a vital new company (...) with renewed determination and clarity." (Later in 2003, DuPont sold Invista to Koch Industries.) Tony Spaeth


CREDITS

Enterprise IG, NY 


CASE INFO

Submitted by: Tony Spaeth, 6/12/2006
Status: Estimated by Tony Spaeth
Category: Chemicals
Country (HQ): United States


MATRIX DATA

DRIVERS

  

TOOLS

Structural driver: 100%   
Spinout or de-acquisition
  Preserve existing equity
 5%  x  Identity system elements: Verbal elements: Tag lines
Spinout or de-acquisition
  Express a new vision
 95%  x  Identifier tactics: Name change: Created words
    x  Identifier tactics: Logo change: Symbol-dominant
    x  Identity system elements: Visual system: Typography
    x  Identity system elements: Visual system: Palette
    x  Identity system elements: Verbal elements: Principal unit names or competence list