DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Turns 10

摘要

DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Prod-ucts Co. LLC was founded 10 years ago as a joint venture between Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont and London-based Tate & Lyle. The two companies opened a facility in Loudon, Tenn., to manufacture a breakthrough bio-based version of 1,3-propanediol. DuPont's research and development experience paired perfectly with Tate & Lyle's fermentation expertise in the joint venture and the company developed a proprietary process to produce 1,3-propanediol using plant-based feedstocks. This petroleum-free, sustainable and renewable source of 1,3-propanediol is used as an eco-friendly building block in a wide variety of consumer products. According to the company, "from 'cradle-to-gate,' its bio-based 1,3-propanediol produces 56-percent less greenhouse gas emissions and consumes 42-percent less nonrenew-able energy" compared to its petroleum-based counterpart. In addition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has certified its products as 100-percent bio-based under its BioPreferred~(™) program.