Duco was a trade name assigned to a product line of automotive

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developed by the

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Company in the 1920s. Under the Duco brand, DuPont introduced the first quick drying multi-color line of nitrocellulose lacquers made especially for the automotive industry. It was also used in paintings by American artist

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. It is now used by Nexa Autocolor — formerly ICI Autocolor and now a division of Pittsburgh-based

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— as a tradename for automotive enamels in Asia. ''Duco'' is still used as an

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for

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. It is currently widely used in the same way in

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(دوكو). It was (and partly still is) used in Hungarian as ''dukkó'' (noun) and ''dukkóz'' (verb). Also in Romania the term was in use with the same meaning until beginning of 2000. Duco was the finish applied to National String Instrument Corporation brand of

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s . ''Duco coated'' is used in the plumbing industry to describe lacquered floor drains and other similar products.

Other uses

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systems. It is a subsidiary of the

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Group, under the trademark Technip Umbilical Systems. The name ''Duco'' originates from ''Dunlop'' and ''Coflexip'',Funding Universe

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