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Purac builds new plant for biomedical resorbable polymers
Sep 13, 2010
Purac, a bioplastics company and a marketer of lactic acid and derivatives, announced last Friday (September 10) the investment in a new manufacturing facility for its biomedical polymers.
The plant is meant to support the growing resorbable polymers business of Purac Biomaterials. Purac currently operates a plant for biomedical polymers in The Netherlands. This second facility will be built in the US. The investment for this new plant will be 15 million euros. The construction of the facility will start in 2011 and is expected to be completed before the end of the year.
The Purac Biomaterials business comprises Lactide based polymers such as Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) and Lactide/Glycolide Copolymers (PGLA). The technology as developed for Purac's biomedical polymers also formed the basis for Purac’s activities in L- and D-Lactides for bioplastics such as Poly Lactic Acid (PLA).
The plant is meant to support the growing resorbable polymers business of Purac Biomaterials. Purac currently operates a plant for biomedical polymers in The Netherlands. This second facility will be built in the US. The investment for this new plant will be 15 million euros. The construction of the facility will start in 2011 and is expected to be completed before the end of the year.
The Purac Biomaterials business comprises Lactide based polymers such as Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) and Lactide/Glycolide Copolymers (PGLA). The technology as developed for Purac's biomedical polymers also formed the basis for Purac’s activities in L- and D-Lactides for bioplastics such as Poly Lactic Acid (PLA).
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