June 25/Johnston, Iowa/Press Release -- DuPont opened its Johnston Innovation Center, the company’s second innovation center in the U.S. and 12th around the world, focusing on the company’s integrated science capabilities across the food, agriculture and energy value chains.
“DuPont has a history of innovation and scientific discovery. Today, we are creating solutions to address the world’s big challenges of feeding and protecting a growing global population and reducing reliance on fossil fuels,” said chair and chief executive officer Ellen Kullman. “The key is to quickly connect our integrated science to the market. The Innovation Centers enable DuPont to harness its global science capabilities to create local solutions that are tailored to meet the most pressing market needs. In just two years, we have generated more than 225 active projects from this model. The DuPont Johnston Innovation Center provides a unique environment for collaboration among more than 10,000 DuPont scientists and engineers with customers, government officials, academics and business partners around the world.”