First Commercial Plant For New Bioplastic

摘要

Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co.(ADM),Decatur,Ill.,has teamed up with bioplastics development company Metabolix,Inc.,Cambridge,Mass.,to build the first commercial plant to produce PHA thermoplastic resins from renewable resources.PHA is a biodegradable polyester produced by bacterial fermentation of agricultural raw materials such as corn sugar.