September 8, 2017
DuPont, ADM Win Innovation In Bioplastics Award
By Lauren M. Graham, Ph.D. On August 25, 2017, the Bioplastics Division of the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) awarded DuPont Industrial Biosciences and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) the 2017 Innovation in Bioplastics Award. DuPont and ADM were recognized for their development of a method to produce furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME) from fructose derived from corn starch. Compared to traditional conversion methods used to produce the biobased monomer, the new method...