WILMINGTON – DuPont Industrial Biosciences has finalised the expansion of its Kinston manufacturing facility which produces the firm’s bio-based Sorona polymer in North Carolina, USA.
The decision to grow the site, the company says, reflects the growing demand for its polymer in apparel and carpet markets alongside an ‘emerging global focus on building the circular economy’.
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