Some 50 employees in Delaware got a new lease on life.
DuPont has sold its food safety diagnostics business to Hygiena a California based life sciences firm.
The jobs range from sales and research to development and production.
They are located at the 150-acre Experimental Station near Wilmington.
Hygiena has signed a two-year lease with the right to renew.
The Wilmington News Journal reports there is a possibility that the site could wind up being the primary location for its operations.
The paper adds that the company has indicated that it will be adding more employee in the First State.