Tenn. plant turns corn syrup into industrial compound

DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, LLC - an equally owned joint venture of DuPont and Tate & Lyle - today announced the first commercial shipments of Bio-PDO, an industrial ingredient manufactured from corn sugar. The company's $100 million plant in Loudon, Tenn., is the first facility in the world to manufacture this new bio-based product. The material can be used in the making of a wide range of goods -- certain plastic polymers, cosmetics, liquid detergents and anti-freeze.

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