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Article: DuPont Tate & Lyle Joint Venture Officially Opens $100 Million Bio-PDO(TM) Facility - the World's First to Produce Propanediol from Corn Sugar U.S. Secretary of Energy Bodman Recognizes Advancements in Bio-Based Technology.
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- June 8, 2007
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LOUDON, Tenn., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, LLC, an equally owned joint venture of DuPont and Tate & Lyle, today marked the growing demand for products made from its revolutionary Bio-PDO(TM) product here today. U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman joined senior leaders from DuPont, Tate & Lyle, the joint venture and their customers to see the new production facility first-hand and recognize its official opening.
The Loudon facility produces 1,3-propanediol (Bio-PDO(TM)) from renewable resources - in this case corn sugar - making it the first facility in the world to manufacture this new bio-based product. Bio-PDO(TM) ...