Editing Delaware (section)

====Industrial decline====

Since the mid-2000s, Delaware has seen the departure of the state's automotive manufacturing industry ([[General Motors]] [[Wilmington Assembly]] and [[Chrysler]] [[Newark Assembly]]), the corporate buyout of a major bank holding company ([[MBNA]]), the departure of the state's steel industry ([[Evraz Claymont Steel]]), the bankruptcy of a fiber mill ([[National Vulcanized Fiber]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/picture-gallery/news/2015/04/22/national-vulcanized-fibre-corp-site-in-yorklyn/26175401/|access-date=December 12, 2015|title=National Vulcanized Fibre Corp. site in Yorklyn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803220420/https://www.delawareonline.com/picture-gallery/news/2015/04/22/national-vulcanized-fibre-corp-site-in-yorklyn/26175401/|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and the diminishing presence of [[AstraZeneca]] in Wilmington.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/business/2015/11/19/astrazeneca-lays-off-workers-delaware-headquarters/76048454/|title=AstraZeneca lays off workers at Delaware headquarters|access-date=December 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205095218/http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/business/2015/11/19/astrazeneca-lays-off-workers-delaware-headquarters/76048454/|archive-date=February 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/business/2015/02/20/delaware-officials-concerned-astrazeneca-dupont-threats/23763597/|title=Delaware officials concerned about AstraZeneca, DuPont threats|access-date=December 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205095218/http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/business/2015/02/20/delaware-officials-concerned-astrazeneca-dupont-threats/23763597/|archive-date=February 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In late 2015, DuPont announced that 1,700 employees, nearly a third of its footprint in Delaware, would be laid off in early 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=DuPont to cut 1,700 jobs in Delaware in January|date=December 29, 2015 |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/DuPont-to-cut-1700-jobs-in-Delaware-this-winter.html|access-date=December 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231231119/http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/DuPont-to-cut-1700-jobs-in-Delaware-this-winter.html|archive-date=December 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The merger of [[DuPont (1802–2017)|E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.]] and [[Dow Chemical Company]] into [[DuPont|DowDuPont]] took place on September 1, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=DuPont merger called 'catastrophic' for Delaware|url=http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/delaware/89056-dupont-merger-called-catastrophic-for-delaware|access-date=December 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217064717/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/delaware/89056-dupont-merger-called-catastrophic-for-delaware|archive-date=December 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DuPont merger: A 'sad day' for Delaware|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/12/11/dupont-and-dow-combine-merger/77138022/|access-date=December 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131030704/http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/12/11/dupont-and-dow-combine-merger/77138022/|archive-date=January 31, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DuPont-Dow merger 'catastrophic' for Delaware|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2015/12/11/dupont-dow-merger-catastrophic-delaware-markell.html|access-date=December 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231231119/http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2015/12/11/dupont-dow-merger-catastrophic-delaware-markell.html|archive-date=December 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chemours will lay off 400, including some in Delaware|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/11/30/chemours-lays-off-400-workers-including-some-delaware/76580028/|access-date=December 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203144602/http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/11/30/chemours-lays-off-400-workers-including-some-delaware/76580028/|archive-date=February 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>