E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) operates a range of products and services for markets, including agriculture and food, building and construction, electronics and communications, general industrial, and transportation. The Company is organized in six segments: Agriculture & Nutrition, Coatings & Color Technologies, Electronic & Communication Technologies, Performance Materials, Safety & Protection and Pharmaceuticals. The Company includes embryonic businesses, such as applied biosciences and nonaligned businesses in Other. The Company had operations in approximately 90 countries worldwide and about 64 % of consolidated net sales are made to customers outside the United States of America during the year ended December 31, 2008. In October 2008, the Company acquired Coastal Training Technologies Corporation.