Metabolix & ADM team up on bio-based polymers.Metabolix, Inc., a biotechnology firm in Cambridge, Mass., and giant agricultural processor Archer Daniels Midland The Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), is a conglomeration based in Decatur, Illinois. ADMoperates more than 270 plants worldwide, where cereal grains and oilseeds are processed into numerous products used in food, beverage, nutraceutical, industrial and animal feed Co., Decatur, Ill., have formed an alliance to commercialize plastics made by bacterial fermentation of corn sugar corn sugar n. Dextrose obtained from cornstarch. . The two companies plan to build a 100-million-lb/yr plant in the next two or three years and establish a joint venture to manufacture and market polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA PHA abbr. phytohemagglutinin PHA phytohemagglutinin, a plant lectin. ) biopolymers. These biodegradable resins can be processed by all thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. techniques. ADM See add/drop multiplexer. (language) ADM - A picture query language, extension of Sequel2. ["An Image-Oriented Database System", Y. Takao et al, in Database Techniques for Pictorial Applications, A. Blaser ed, pp. 527-538]. , a world leader in industrial fermentation, will get manufacturing and marketing rights to Metabolix's PHA technology utilizing genetically modified bacteria. Metabolix has been producing PHA on a developmental scale and says it can range from rigid to highly elastic and is suitable for films, fibers, paper coatings, and molded goods. While it is stable even in hot water, it will biodegrade in aquatic, soil, and composting environments. Metabolix: (617) 492-0505/www.metabolix.com * ADM: (217) 424-5413/www.admworld.corn [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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