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agricultural waste products) to PLA. "At Cargill Dow, we're not satisfied to be part of the status quo," Gruber said. "We will continue to invest in process and technology improvements to make our business system even better. We are actively exploring the potential use of renewable energy, like wind power to meet our electricity needs and biomass as our process feedstock. We believe sustainability is a journey and are committed to being better at it each day than the last."
Added Howard, "What's really exciting is not just the science and technology, but the scope and magnitude of what we are doing. The size and scope of our manufacturing facility is as large as, if not larger than, traditional thermoplastics facilities. We are not a niche player. We are global. We are a reality, and we are here to stay."
Founded in 1997, Cargill Dow LLC is based in Minnetonka, Minn. It is the first company to offer its customers a family of polymers derived entirely from annually renewable resources with the cost and performance necessary to compete with packaging materials and traditional fibers. The company has achieved this breakthrough by applying its unique technology to the processing of natural plant sugars to create a proprietary polylactide polymer. For more company information, please visit the Cargill Dow Web site at http://www.cargilldow.com.
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