🎗Toyobo to manufacture DuPont Biomaterials’ biodegradable polymer using aluminum catalyst developed by Toyobo.
Toyobo Co., Ltd. has been contracted to manufacture DuPont™ APEXA® biodegradable polymers developed by DuPont Industrial Biosciences, by using aluminum-based TOYOBO GS Catalyst®.
Toyobo plans to start production of the products at its Iwakuni Production Center in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2018.
1. Background
DuPont™ APEXA® biodegradable polymers were developed by DuPont to address problems with textile and packaging waste.
DuPont has been working with Toyobo given its excellent polymerization and catalyst technologies as well as its production facility for producing DuPont™ APEXA®.
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