In Tennessee, DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, LLC, a joint venture between DuPont and Tate & Lyle, is expanding their manufacturing facility in Loudon, Tennessee, to increase annual production of bio-based 1,3-propanediol by 35 million pounds. Engineering and construction is scheduled to start immediately and the expansion is expected to be complete mid-2019.
The expansion will bring additional construction and engineering jobs to the region and reinforces DuPont Tate & Lyle’s commitment to providing customers higher-performing ingredients from a petroleum-free, more sustainable and renewable source. They use the bio-based 1,3-propanediol for their Sorona fiber in the textiles market and Zemea and Susterra brands of propanediol.