Chapter 566： Technology transfer

Thomas Clermont-DuPont, one of the three giants of DuPont in the United States, and now the president of DuPont, looked at the tall Germans on both sides with a smile.

They are here to welcome themselves.

Thomas came to Germany this time. It was originally a normal business relationship. It was normal for the German company ig faben to receive them. However, he did not expect that even the head of state of Germany would receive them during the war. Up him!

Now, here is the head of state, the head of Germany, the master of the European continent, here, host a banquet for him!

There was a red carpet on the ground, and at the end of the carpet, Cyric and his wife were welcoming American visitors.

"Mr. Thomas, welcome to Germany very much." In terms of age, Thomas is more than twenty years older than Cyric, but in terms of status, Cyric is absolutely superior.

At this time Cyric lowered his posture and naturally won Thomas's favor.

Cyric's wife also warmly welcomed Thomas's wife. There seemed to be more topics to talk about between women and women.

"It's a great honor." Thomas said: "Now, Germany is the most powerful country on the European continent. We are very interested in doing business with such a country."

Thomas couldn't help but remember that when Cyric first landed in the United States more than ten years ago, he didn't care about this little guy at all, and now he has become the head of the empire.

Now, France is obviously about to lose. Germany has defeated its old enemy France, and it is the most powerful existence on the European continent.

"In the chemical industry, DuPont is unique." Cyric said: "We also admire DuPont very much. I believe that we have more fields for cooperation."

The two sides sat down, and the negotiation began in a relaxed and happy atmosphere.

DuPont, starting with the production of gunpowder, has gradually become a large company in the global chemical industry. DuPont has many products that are of interest to Germany.

For example, synthetic rubber technology and nylon technology.

In 1930, DuPont researchers Arnold Collins and Wallace Carothers invented a general-purpose synthetic rubber neoprene.

In 1935, researchers Gerald Burcht and Wallace Rothers invented nylon, a new "synthetic silk." After years of intense development, nylon was finally shown to the public at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Both technologies are necessary for Germany.

Germany lacks a lot of resources. Rubber is one of them. Cyrenk is also tireless in pursuing rubber.

After Cyric's trip to the East, he obtained rubber from China and Southeast Asia. There are many rubber plantations operated by Chinese and overseas Chinese. This is a temporary solution to the problem, but it is still risky.

After all, the east is too far, and German ocean transportation is at risk of being cut off.

Rubber is different from other resources. For example, iron ore can be stored more, but rubber is not enough.

Because of the limited storage period of natural rubber, it was scrapped in just one year.

Germany has already made a certain degree of solution. The important German chemical company Lawben Company has developed reclaimed rubber technology: that is, the use of chemical methods to chemically treat waste natural rubber that has become waste rubber and expired rubber. Obtain 70-80% reclaimed rubber with natural rubber functions.

However, these alone are not enough. It is also absolutely necessary to use chemical technology to synthesize rubber from petroleum.

Anyway, now, Germany does not have to worry about the oil problem, there is a lot of oil, synthetic rubber is also possible.

On the other hand, nylon, in addition to being used as a raw material for clothes, is widely used in parachutes, aircraft tire cord fabrics, etc., and through the injection molding process, steel, iron, copper and other metals can be replaced by plastics. It is an important engineering plastic. It can be applied to various machinery and equipment, greatly reducing the consumption of non-ferrous metals.

In history, DuPont sold these things to Germany. Now, why not?

Cyric's hospitality of this level has already been psychologically accepted by the other party, and then, from the perspective of the businessman, he used his profit to impress the other party.

"We admire the technology developed by you very much. We hope to get these technologies, no matter how high your prices are, we can accept them." At this time, Cyric was like a fool. "In addition, we can also cooperate and produce together. For example, you can form a joint company with our Fabien company, the base can be established in France, and our army has many orders."

Fabien was established in 1904 by 3 German chemical, pharmaceutical and dye companies to form a cooperative relationship, and then joined 5 companies.

In August 1925, under the proposal of Bosch, eight companies formally formed the Fabien Company, the "Dyestuff Industry Interest Group", with Bosch as the chairman of the board of directors.

In the vigorous social activities of Hitler, Fabien supported Hitler and provided large grants to help him campaign.

After taking control of Germany's power, Fabien also received huge returns.

Now, Germany’s main monopoly capital includes Krupp, United Steel Corporation, ig Farben, Siemens and Electric Corporation, etc. Farben has achieved rapid development.

Especially in wars. Historically, ig Faben Company produced synthetic fuel and synthetic rubber in large quantities, which was the main logistical support for the German war.

Therefore, some Americans even said: "If there was no ig Farben, there would be no Hitler's war."

At the same time, the Farben Company also received high returns. Every time the German army captured a region, ig Farben would take the chemical plant there as its own.

Now, Cyric’s attitude is very clear. If DuPont is willing to sell these technologies, DuPont will also have a share in the chemical plants in Paris!

France, but an important industrial country, has many chemical plants. If DuPont can get involved there, it will gain more benefits! Even if there is no military order, just for civilian use, it is enough for them to make a fortune.

For such a proposal, Thomas has no possibility of rejecting it.

"We are willing to cooperate with Germany to expand our business together." Thomas said.

He came this time, he was originally doing business. Now, both sides have good things, why not do it? Mobile users please browse and read,