DuPont Opens $40-Million Seeds Lab in Iowa

DuPont says it has opened its Beaver Creek plant genetics facility at Johnson, IA to support the company’s Pioneer Hi-Bred seeds business. Experts in plant physiology, molecular biology, and bioinformatics at the $40-million research facility will focus on plant breeding and the development of new transgenic products, DuPont says. DuPont says the R&D space will add approximately 400 jobs. The company has increased its Pioneer workforce in Iowa by 1,400 over the last five...

This information is only available to Chemical Week subscribers.

Forgot your user ID or password?
Click here to have it sent to you.

Email Address First Name Last Name

Not an IHS Chemical Week 24/7 member yet? Here's why you should be: Searchable online archive access of the last 2 years of Chemical Week. Print or digital magazine subscription Price and market change alerts Economic data and statistics Buyers' Guides Webcasts | whitepapers