DuPont Industrial Biosciences and Archer Daniels Midland Open Pilot Facility in Illinois
DECATUR, IL — DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) and Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) announced the opening of the world’s first biobased furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME) pilot production facility in Decatur, Illinois. The plant is the centerpiece of a long-standing collaboration that will help bring a greater variety of sustainably sourced biomaterials into the lives of consumers.
FDME is a molecule derived from fructose that can be used to create a variety of biobased chemicals and materials that are more cost effective, efficient and sustainable than their fossil fuel-based counterparts.