Purac and Indorama Ventures recently announced plans for a PLA manufacturing facility in Thailand. The facility will have an original capacity of 10,000 tons per year, and will grow to 100,000 tons per year "after developing application specific grades." Purac will provide the lactide monomers, and ...
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