Tag: Natureworks
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Which bioplastics companies are the least responsible?
Dear ChatGPT, Which bioplastics companies are the least responsible? I copy paste the answer without editing.
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NatureWorks and Bamberger Amco Polymers partnership
NatureWorks has a higher stake in bioplastics than other bioplastics companies. They carry the PLA weight on their shoulders; they’re now building a second PLA plant and have literally lost billions on PLA. On the other hand, we have TotalEnergies Corbion who acted as greedy free riders trying to bluff their way with fancy fair…
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NatureWorks Ingeo PLA Manufacturing Expansion Attracts Financing from Krungthai Bank PCL of Thailand
NatureWorks’ Ingeo PLA Manufacturing Expansion Attracts Financing from Krungthai Bank PCL of Thailand
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NatureWorks and IMA Announce Turn-Key Compostable Coffee Pod Solution Compatible for North America
NatureWorks and IMA Announce Turn-Key Compostable Coffee Pod Solution Compatible for North America
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How BPI’s petition to the USDA will support the growth of composting infrastructure
How BPI’s petition to the USDA will support the growth of composting infrastructure
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The Best Bioplastic Company of 2023 (FREE)
Who was the best bioplastics company of 2023? This is a FREE article.
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Interview COO Natureworks
Interview with Bill Suehr of NatureWorks: Why bio-based polymers are catching up
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NatureWorks Appoints New President and CEO
NatureWorks Appoints Erik Ripple New President and CEO
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NatureWorks and Bamberger Polymers partner on PLA in US & Canada
NatureWorks and Bamberger Polymers partner on PLA in US & Canada
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Update on New Natureworks PLA plant in Thailand
NatureWorks Announces Next Phase of Construction on New Fully Integrated Ingeo™️ PLA Biopolymer Manufacturing Facility in Thailand
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NatureWorks video on 3M Golf Tournament (video)
What I really like about NatureWorks’ sponsorship of the 3M Golf open is that it gives the ability to NatureWorks’ senior management to enjoy a couple of days off at the golf course …. and that makes people happy … it’s nice working a NatureWorks. In the meantime … I think …. NatureWorks is going…
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Boycott PLA to Support Thailand Democracy (FREE)
Thailand plays a central role in the production of PLA and is currently in the middle of a political crisis. Today, you can help the people of Thailand by (temporarily) boycotting PLA. This is a FREE article
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NatureWorks has Appointed a new CEO
NatureWorks appointed a new interim CEO. Ex CEO Rich Altice left or was asked to leave the company since April 2023. It was a quiet move — Very low expectations from my perspective but then again, one needs to be given a chance.
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The Annual NatureWorks ‘3M Open’ Greenwashing Circus (FREE)
I’ve received a few questions from readers in the last couple of days if PLA contained PFAS. Why do I get those PFAS questions at the same time? I realised it was because the “3M Open” golf tournament took place recently. This is a FREE article.
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Compostability Claims of PLA at risk (FREE)
One study on the degradability of PLA seems to be picked up in the press more than any other recently published study. This is a FREE article
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NatureWorks and the dirty Corn Connections (FREE)
NatureWork uses US corn to produce bioplastics, but what they won’t tell you is the dirty story behind the corn industry. This is a FREE article
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The Making of BioHome3D – The World’s First 100% Biobased 3D Printed Home (Video)
This project was a hub and spoke program by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, Oak Ridge National Labs, and NatureWorks.
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NatureWorks and Jabil Collaborate to Offer New Ingeo PLA-based Powder for Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printing Platforms
Renewably sourced biomaterials and lower sintering temperature result in a more sustainable substrate for powder bed fusion technologies requiring less energy use and a carbon footprint 89% smaller than PA-12
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Ceremony of the New NatureWorks Plant in Thailand (Video)
NatureWorks hosted a cornerstone laying ceremony to celebrate construction of their new Ingeo™️ PLA manufacturing complex in Thailand.
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NatureWorks Opens Office in Bangkok
NatureWorks announced the opening of a new office in the Asia Pacific region on February 2, 2023.
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Interview with NatureWorks VP Performance Packaging
NatureWorks VP talks about partnership with CJ Biomaterials and the new plant in Thailand.
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New NatureWorks Corporate Video
Behind every box of NatureWorks’s Ingeo PLA, there are people. And these people come to work ready to create plant-based biomaterials and solutions to mitigate climate change.
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NatureWorks Celebrates Construction Milestone for New PLA Plant
NatureWorks Celebrates Construction Milestone for New Fully Integrated Ingeo™ PLA Biopolymer Manufacturing Facility in Thailand — NatureWorks CEO should have been in the middle of the picture but he missed it. His mind was probably somewhere else … I guess on a golf course.
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NatureWorks and CJ Biomaterials Partner on Bioplastics
CJ Biomaterials and NatureWorks Sign Master Collaboration Agreement, Solidifying Relationship to Commercialize Novel Biopolymer Solutions
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NatureWorks Selects Contractor to Build New PLA Plant in Thailand
NatureWorks Selects General Contractor for New Fully Integrated Ingeo™️ PLA Biopolymer Manufacturing Facility in Thailand
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Green Sports Alliance Launches Food Waste Diversion and Compostable Packaging Playbook
The purpose of this playbook is to address how certified compostable food serviceware and packaging can play a vital role in sports venues, by facilitating organic waste diversion from landfills to composting facilities — I’ve just discovered that GSA is a NatureWorks lobby & promotional organisation
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NatureWorks CEO Promotes Bioplastics on Golf Courses
PGA TOUR Shares Sustainability in Golf Video Featuring NatureWorks CEO, Rich Altice — Sometimes I wonder if NatureWorks CEO spends more time on golf courses than behind his desk? Anyway, after years of hiding god knows where, he finally decided to do his coming out …. on golf courses. This must be his comfort zone.
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NatureWorks and CJ Bio Partner on Bioplastics
CJ BIO and NatureWorks Working Towards a Master Collaboration Agreement to Commercialize Novel Biopolymer Solutions
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NatureWorks Data Acquisition System
NatureWorks Data Acquisition System Measures and Tunes Single-Serve Coffee Brewing Performance
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Interview With NatureWorks CEO (FREE)
In Conversation with Rich Altice, President and CEO of NatureWorks. This is a FREE article
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ABB to Automate NatureWorks Bioplastics Plant
ABB to automate bioplastics plant to help meet the growing global demand for sustainable materials
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NatureWorks to use John Crane Technology
John Crane Secures Partnership With Natureworks In Development Of New Biopolymer Manufacturing Facility –
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NatureWorks and IMA Partner on Compostable Coffee Pods (FREE)
NatureWorks and IMA Accelerate on Testing Phase of the Compostable Coffee Pod. This is a FREE article.
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New NatureWorks HQ and Advanced Biopolymers Research Centre
NatureWorks to Open New Headquarters and Advanced Biopolymers Research and Development Facility
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NatureWorks and Sulzer Partner on PLA in Thailand
NatureWorks will use Sulzer Technology to produce PLA in Thailand
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NatureWorks Ingeo Receives GreenScreen Certification
First-of-Its-Kind Certification Eliminates Harmful PFAS in Foodware and Shifts Market to Preferred Alternatives
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Who Will be the Person of 2021? (FREE)
The nominations for the Person of 2021. This is a FREE article.
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NatureWorks Thailand Plant Update
Jacobs has completed front-end engineering design for a new biopolymer production plant in Thailand
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In Memory of Brian Glasbrenner (FREE)
I’ve just learned about the passing away of Mr. Brian Glasbrenner from NatureWorks.
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The Faith of NatureWorks 3M Cups (FREE)
NatureWorks designed PLA cups for the 3M Golf Open that they sponsored, but what happened to the cups after use? We found out! This is a FREE article.
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NatureWorks Joins AMGTA
Eight additional organizations commit to promote sustainability in AM
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NatureWorks to Produce PLA in Thailand
Thailand BOI Approves NatureWorks’s Over 15 Billion Baht Investment in New PLA Plant
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NatureWorks and IMA Partner on Compostable Coffee Pods
Partnership Will Accelerate The Availability Of A Turn-Key Solution For K-Cup Compatible Compostable Coffee Pods In North America With Unmatched Performance In Converting, Assembly, Filling, Brewing, And Taste
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NatureWorks Launches Ingeo 3D700
Ingeo 3D700, a newly developed PLA grade for large-format additive manufacturing, provides significant reduction in warping, minimizes print failures
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NatureWorks Defends Compostable Caps and Pods
Learn how compostable Ingeo biopolymer is changing the single-serve beverage market, with NatureWorks
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3D PLA Podcast with NatureWorks
In this episode, Dave speaks with Dan Sawyer from NatureWorks – a world-leading biopolymer supplier that’s behind literally all of the #PLA filament produced in the U.S
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NatureWorks Joins INDA Board
INDA’s (Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry) Board of Directors Welcomes Seven New Members
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NatureWorks Sustainable Feedstock
NatureWorks presentation on the sustainability of their feedstock
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NatureWorks Increases PLA Production
NatureWorks announces additional lactide monomer purification technology to expand the availability of Ingeo biopolymer from Blair facility
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PLA Door Pullers
Made at UW-Stout has collaborated with the plastics engineering program to produce customized door pullers for first-year students as part of the fall 2020 welcome to campus kit.
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NatureWorks Donates PLA for Masks
NatureWorks has donated enough Ingeo biopolymer needed to produce as many as two million reusable N95 masks per week from a new spunbond nonwoven structure.
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NatureWorks CEO in the News
NatureWorks President and CEO, Rich Altice talks about the potential of biotechnology and the importance of innovation and collaboration on the CEO panel at #EFIB2019.
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Is PLA Plus Filament Worth it?
PLA plus is filament that’s supposedly a better version of the beloved PLA. But is it? Learn all about this mystery material!
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NatureWorks Joins The Wave
NatureWorks announced that they have joined The Wave… a kind of pledge.
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NatureWorks Recognized as Top Supplier by Jamplast
Jamplast Inc., a leading prime resin distributor, awarded NatureWorks as a top supplier for 2019.
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A Look At Leading Bioplastics Companies
Biodegradable plastics is a popular new trend that means we can avoid plastics that don’t break down and hence damage the environment. The biodegradable plastics market is projected to grow from USD 3.02 billion in 2018 to USD 6.12 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 15.1%. Some leading biodegradable plastic companies to consider.
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New Ingeo PLA for 3D Printing Break-Away Support on Dual Extrusion Printers
PRESS RELEASE – Ingeo 3D450 offers a clean break-away of support structures while delivering excellent precision and printability suitable for complex, professional parts
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Who has the Best CEO: Neste, NatureWorks, Solvay or Basf?
There has been a recent wave of new CEOs in the Bioplastics Industry: NatureWorks, Neste, BASF and Solvay. Let’s look at who’s the best Bioplastics CEO.
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Four Companies Hit the Jackpot in Major Food Packaging Breakthrough
Eurotech Extrusion Machinery, NatureWorks, Nippon Gohsei and Sukano have successfully processed a multilayer transparent bio-based barrier film. This is a giant leap for the PLA and food packaging sector.
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Who is NatureWorks?
NatureWorks is the leading PLA producer and a joint venture between Cargill (US) and PTT Chemical (Thailand). The joint venture should have been a marriage in paradise but is it really?
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Richard Altice Becomes New CEO and President of NatureWorks
NatureWorks board of directors named Richard Altice as the new President and CEO, replacing Marc Verbruggen, who led the company from 2008 to 2017.
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NatureWorks Moves into 3D printing and Disrupts Filament Industry
Whilst Corbion (NL) is strategically moving downstream from lactic acid into polylactic acid (PLA) to become second supplier, the pioneer PLA supplier in commercial quantities, NatureWorks, based in Minnesota (USA), is pushing its leadership position forward.
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