For more information about Sorona (CORN) from DuPont:
DuPont produces Sorona (corn) renewably sourced
polymer and has a global network of licensed fiber producers and mills that
produce fiber and fabric made
with Sorona.
Sorona is a polymer - poly meaning more than one -
Sorona is made with two ingredients. The key (and green ingredient) is Bio-PDO
- this is made through a fermentation process using a sugar - (right now this
process is using corn sugar) - much like the way beer / wine are made. The sugar
is obtained from number 2 dent field corn - not corn grown for human consumption
and this corn is bought on the open market. Bio-PDO is produced in Loudon,
Tennessee by DuPont Tate & Lyle BioProducts - a joint venture between DuPont and
Tate & Lyle, a carbohydrate company that is based in the UK.
Triexta is the generic name - in the same vein as
nylon, polyester, cotton,
linen, wool, etc. Sorona is a brand name. Sorona triexta in the fabric
composition label - we have hangtags from Dupont can use as well.
Not all triexta is renewably sourced or offers
environmental benefits. Sorona is the only environmentally smart triexta. If
you want to promote 'green' then Sorona should mention as that is the brand name
for renewably sourced biobased triexta.
Dupont buy's corn on the open market - this is
field corn used in industrial and animal feed applications, not sweet corn that
humans buy and consume. We buy BAMBOO CORN yarn that has been spun from a
certified spinning mill appointed by dupont.