DuPont continues its progress in the development and launch of high-performance polymers made with renewable resources.  The new offerings will contribute to the company's goal of doubling revenues from non-depletable resources to at least USD 8 billion by 2015.

According to Nandan Rao, global technology leader for DuPont Performance Materials, research programs to develop materials based on renewable resources are paying off with new offerings that provide comparable or better performance than the petrochemical-based materials they replace for automotive, electrical, packaging and other markets. 

"DuPont is a world leader in the development and manufacture of high performance materials through the use of bio-based technologies and renewable feedstocks.  We are committed to collaborating with customers in addressing their most critical sustainability issues," Nandan said.

Chief among the new offerings are DuPont™  Sorona®  EP thermoplastic resins, DuPont™  Hytrel® RS thermoplastic elastomers, renewably sourced grades of DuPont™  Zytel®  long chain polyamides, DuPont™  Biomax®  RS packaging resins and DuPont™  Selar®  VP breathable films.

For more information, go to: www.renewable.dupont.com.