DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, LLC, an equally owned joint venture of DuPont and Tate & Lyle, has announced the first commercial shipments of Bio-PDO™ from its US$100 million facility in Loudon, Tenn. The Bio-PDO™ shipped is being produced from renewable resources-corn sugar, making it the first facility in the world to manufacture this new bio-based product, using a proprietary fermentation process developed jointly by the two partners. The first shipments of Bio-PDO™ were sent to DuPont for the manufacture of DuPont™ Sorona® polymer and to a customer evaluating a new industrial product formulated with Bio-PDO™. Bio-PDO™ can be used in a variety of applications, either by itself or as an ingredient in the production of materials that have traditionally been based on petroleum feedstocks.
The production of Bio-PDO™ consumes 40% less energy and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 20% versus petroleum-based propanediol. A strong demand is being seen for all grades of Bio-PDO™ due to its performance, biodegradable nature, and ability to replace petroleum-derived products like glycol.
28-Nov-06 
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