The industrial biotechnology business for DowDuPont until 2019, when it will be part of the specialty products spin-off to be called DuPont.
DuPont Industrial Biosciences generated $1.5 billion in revenue in 2016, making it one of the largest industrial biotechnology businesses in the world, although a significant amount of revenue is generated from oil refining catalysts.
Archer Daniels MidlandArcher Daniels Midland and DuPont are collaborating to manufacture furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME) from fructose derived from corn. It is a derivative of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), one of 12 chemical building blocks identified by the U.S. Department of Energy as a high-value target for enabling a bio-based economy.