- New milestones for biodegradable plastics in Japan and
U.S.
Toray Industries in Tokyo, Japan, claims to have developed the first flexible bi-oriented film based on polylactide (PLA) biodegradable polymer, which is derived from cornstarch by bacterial fermentation. Until now, PLA has been lacking in flexibility, Toray says. Its answer is proprietary microstructure control based on alloying. No plasticizers are ......
- Cargill Dow opens new world-scale PLA-resin plant
Minneapolis-based Cargill Dow LLC held a grand opening April 2 for the world's first global-scale manufacturing facility capable of making commercial-grade plastic resins from annually renewable resources such as ordinary field corn. NatureWorks™ polylactide (PLA) and NatureWorks™ fibers represent a shift to a future where the raw material, the carbon ......
- GRAPEVINE: News About People.
Favorite Brands International, Inc., Lincolnshire, Ill., announced the selection of candy industry veteran Richard Harshman, as its chief executive officer. Harshman succeeds Richard Boyce who had been serving as interim CEO. The candy firm also named Steven Kaplan, its chief financial officer and chief operating officer, to the additional position ......
- Leading the new industrial revolution. (View from the
Top).
What is Cargill Dow LLC? Cargill Dow LLC is a young and aggressive stand-alone company--a product of a joint venture between Cargill Incorporated, the largest privately held food and feed company in the world, and The Dow Chemical Company, a leading science and technology company. Founded in 1997, Cargill Dow ......
- Corn-to-plastic technology wins honors
Cargill Dow LLC's (Minnetonka, MN) breakthrough technology, NatureWorks PLA (polyacetic acid), was honored with the Technology-of-the-Year Award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT). NatureWorks PLA is a natural-based polymer that can be used for common consumer items, such as clothing, cups, and food containers. The ......
- Dow and Cargill Fund Large Biopolymer
Plant.
The boards of Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., and Cargill Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., have approved funding for joint construction of the first-ever world-scale facility to produce polylactic acid (PTA) polymers. The plant is being built by the two firms' 50/50 joint venture, Cargill Dow Polymers LLC, based in Minnetonka. It ......
- CT scans see inside plastic parts.
Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, Maple Grove, Minn., is introducing a service for plastics and composites that can detect and quantify voids, delamination, incomplete filling, and other defects through industrial computed tomography, or CT scanning. The company's new North American CT Technology Center in Brighton, Mich., can analyze the inside and ......