E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company offers products and services for numerous and varied markets including agriculture, food, building and construction, electronics, communications, general industrial, and transport. The company has operations in approximately 90 countries worldwide. The company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Pioneer), operates in the seed industry and has seed production facilities located worldwide. In 2013 DuPont sold its performance coatings business to the Carlyle Group.