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Environment

DuPont, partner open propanediol plant

December 4, 2006 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 84, Issue 49


New plant is on the site of a Tate & Lyle corn refinery.
Credit: DuPont

DuPont and Tate & Lyle have begun shipments of corn-sugar-derived propanediol from their joint-venture facility in Loudon, Tenn. The 100 million-lb-per-year plant is the first to make the chemical from renewable resources, the partners say. According to Steven Mirshak, president of the joint venture, the new product is experiencing strong demand. "Whenever a glycol is being used today, businesses should consider replacing it with our new renewable ingredient," he says.

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