MOSCOW (MRC) -- DuPont has contracted Toyobo to manufacture DuPont Apexa biodegradable polymers, developed by DuPont Industrial Biosciences, using Toyobo's aluminum-based GS Catalyst, as per GV.
Toyobo plans to produce the biopolymers at its Iwakuni production center in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, starting 2018. In addition, the partners have agreed to jointly promote the use of Apexa globally.
"Compared with conventional degradable plastics such as polylactic acids and polybutylene succinate, DuPont Apexa excels in durability and heat-resistance," Toyobo noted.
"It has good processability and practicability, close to those of polyethylene terephthalate plastics," it added.
As MRC informed earlier, on 31 August 2017, Dow Chemical Co and DuPont successfully completed their planned USD130 billion merger to form DowDuPont. Dow and DuPont announced the merger in December 2015.
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