NatureWorks Licenses Plaxica's Optipure D-lactic Acid Process Technology To Expand Its Ingeo Product Portfolio
chemicalonline.com | June 07, 2017
NatureWorks announced today that it has signed a contract to license Plaxica’s Optipure® chemical processing technology for the production of D-lactic acid. The license provides NatureWorks with a low-cost route to produce D-lactic acid, a building block for a further range of performance Ingeo™ PLA grades. This investment is part of NatureWorks’ long term strategy for leading the market with cost effective, functional biopolymers.