Cargill Dow is now NatureWorks LLC.NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, Minn., is the new name of the subsidiary of Cargill, Inc. that produces NatureWorks polylactic acid polylactic acid /poly·lac·tic ac·id/ (-lak´tik) a hydrophobic hydroxy acid polymer that is formed into granules and used as a surgical dressing for dental extraction sites. (PLA (Programmable Logic Array) A type of programmable logic chip (PLD) that contained arrays of programmable AND and OR gates. PLAs are no longer used. See PLD. (language, music) Pla - A high-level music programming language, written in SAIL. ) biopolymers and Ingeo PLA fibers. Cargill acquired Dow Chemical Co.'s 50% share of the former Cargill Dow LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control joint venture. The new company is still headed by Kathleen M. Bader, who had come to the joint venture from Dow Plastics. PLA is a biodegradable thermoplastic derived from bacterial fermentation of cornstarch cornstarch, material made by pulverizing the ground, dried residue of corn grains after preparatory soaking and the removal of the embryo and the outer covering. It is used as laundry starch, in sizing paper, in making adhesives, and in cooking. . Cargill is the original inventor of PLA and joined with Dow in 1997 because of Dow's marketing expertise in plastics. PLA is used commercially in films, bags, thermoformed packaging, bottles, and fibers. |
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