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Algix, LLC

ALGIX, LLC is a bioplastics company commercializing technology developed in collaboration with Kimberly-Clark and the University of Georgia to formulate and convert fast-growing aquatic feedstocks into bioplastic resins for packaging, agricultural, horticultural and industrial applications. ALGIX has secured a world-wide exclusive license from Kimberly-Clark for algae-blended thermoplastics for use in extrusion, compounding, injection molding, film casting, thermoforming and other thermoplastic conversion techniques. The ALGIX bio-resins have applications in packaging, agricultural products, carpet/flooring, personal-care products, consumer electronics, construction and automotive applications.

www.AlgixLLC.com
198 Ben Burton Circle, Bogart, 30622, USA

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Ametek Westchester Plastics

AMETEK Westchester Plastics is the nation’s leading independent toll compounder of engineering resins, alloys, reactive modifiers, and a wide range of other thermoplastic polymers. We have two compounding facilities providing a wide range of product development and processing services. We offer capabilities in twin screw, continuous mixer, and single screw technologies. Each year, we compound several hundred million pounds of thermoplastic resins, including elastomers, polypropylenes, polyethylenes, polystyrenes, polycarbonates, polyesters, nylons, alloys, blends, reactive modifiers and several types of bio-plastic materials. With over fifty years of experience in the plastics industry, Westchester Plastics has a well established reputation for outstanding customer service. We are proud of the levels of trust and confidence that we have established with our customers. We exercise the utmost caution in safeguarding their proprietary formulations. Along with this commitment to our customer, we provide a high standard of safety and quality that governs every aspect of our operations. Both of our plants are ISO 9002 and A2LA certified that guide us as we continuously explore new means of improving quality and service to our customers.

http://www.ametek-westchesterplas.com
42 Mountain Ave, Nesquehoning, 18240-2201, USA

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BASF

BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. We combine economic success, social responsibility and environmental protection. Through science and innovation we enable our customers in almost all industries to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and system solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring healthy food and nutrition and helping to improve the quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF posted sales of about €73.5 billion in 2011 and had more than 111,000 employees as of the end of the year.

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Braskem America, Inc

Braskem is the Americas’ top thermoplastic resins producer and the world’s leading producer of biopolymers. With 35 industrial plants spread across Brazil, United States and Germany, the company produces over 35 billion pounds of thermoplastic resins and other petrochemicals per year. With the vision to become the global leader in sustainable chemistry, innovating to better serve people, Braskem has a 440 million pound Green PE plant that produces polyethylene from sugarcane-based ethanol and was verified by American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International as the first producer of green polyethylene and polypropylene made from 100 percent renewable raw materials. Braskem’s Green PE helps to reduce global warming as each pound of Green PE captures and sequesters between 2 and 2.5 pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere. Today, its I’m Green product portfolio supports leading consumer products companies to deliver more sustainable products to the society. About Braskem America Braskem America is the leading producer of polypropylene in the U.S., with five production plants located in Texas, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and a Technology and Innovation Center in Pittsburgh. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Braskem America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Braskem S.A. For more information about Braskem and its products, visit www.braskem.com.

www.braskem.com
215-841-3145
1735 Market Street, Philadelphia, 19103, USA

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CR Meyer

Established in 1888, CR Meyer is a privately owned business specializing in industrial general contracting. We self-perform demolition, pile driving, concrete, masonry, ironwork, carpentry, millwrighting, pipefitting, boiler making, and equipment installation and maintenance.

www.crmeyer.com
895 W 20th Ave, Oshkosh, 54902-6766, USA

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CR Meyer also provides Expert Project Guidance for our customers' construction projects. This includes planning, cost control, constructability analysis, schedule management, estimating, value engineering, architectural design, and structural design.

Headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, CR Meyer has 7 other offices throughout the United States. We typically employ a field staff averaging 800 to 1,100 craftsmen and office staff of 140 personnel, which include registered architects and civil and structural professional engineers. We continually invest in our owned equipment inventory to support the work we self-perform.

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DSM

DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials. By connecting its unique competences in Life Sciences and Materials Sciences DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders. DSM delivers innovative solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance in global markets such as food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials.

www.dsm.com
735 Forest, Suite 201, Birmingham, USA

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DSM's Bright Science in the area of biotechnology, chemistry, and polymerization combined with DSM's focus on Sustainability make the company a global front runner in the development of the bio-based economy. DSM's broad toolbox and ability to leverage its chemistry and fermentation knowledge, allows for them to capture the maximum value from the land for the production of food, fee, chemicals, materials, fuel, and energy. DSM is at the forefront of bio-based energy with advanced biofuels and bio-gas, bio-based chemicals such as succinic acid and adipic acid and bio-based performance materials such as EcoPaXX and Arnitel Eco.

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EcoLogic

Formed in January 2010, EcoLogic owns, manufactures and markets Eco-One™ brand of additives for plastic products worldwide. Eco-One™ is an organic additive that enhances the biodegradation of plastic products in a biologically active landfill (appropriate facilities are not available in all areas). Eco-One™ is scientifically unique and validated for enhanced biodegradation. EcoLogic's goal is to drive value for our customers by providing them solutions to meet increasing government, industry and consumer demands for environmental sustainability and biodegradability.

http://us.ecologic-llc.com/
18W140 Butterfield Road, Suite 1180, Oakbrook Terrace, 60181, USA

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Gala Industries, Inc.

Incorporated in 1959, Gala is a leading manufacturer of centrifugal dryers and pelletizing systems worldwide. Gala has developed a global reputation for engineering, manufacturing and application expertise. We supply pellet production processes for applications of varying complexity – from customized turn-key pelletizing systems with multiple pelletizers on a single production line, to simple compounding lines and laboratory systems. Our process installations are used for a wide variety of polymer based products, including medical and food grade polymers, hot melt adhesives, color masterbatch, flexible or rigid PVC, and more.

WWW.GALA-INDUSTRIES.COM
181 Pauley Street, Eagle Rock, Virginia, 24085, USA

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Our commitment to our Customers is paramount in every aspect of our business and at each of our locations - Gala USA, Gala GmbH and Gala Asia. We focus on the processes and products in which we specialize, continue to prove our ability to process materials not conventionally pelletized under water, and adapt our processes and equipment to fit the needs of today's Customer. Gala's plan for success is to remain focused on our existing Customers, be there when they need us for technical assistance and process knowledge, and ultimately help them grow their business.

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Green Dot Holdings LLC

Green Dot Holdings LLC is a bioscience social enterprise headquartered in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Green Dot is a full-service bioplastics company dedicated to delivering the very best to our customers. That's why we offer our Terratek® line of bioplastics, developed to meet the growing demand for biobased and compostable materials. Green Dot provides unrivaled customer focus. From our Product Development Lab, to our in-house industrial product design team, to our expert plastics technicians, we help companies make the innovative sustainable products that consumers are seeking. We're committed to providing sustainable materials of uncompromising quality so that everyone can contribute to a more sustainable world.

www.greendotpure.com
620-273-8919
211 Broadway, PO Box 142, Cottonwood Falls, 66845, USA

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Penford Products Co.

For over 100 years Penford has been a leading provider of specialty starches used in a variety of industrial and food applications. Penford Products, a division of Penford Corporation (NASDAQ:PENX), is an innovation and service-driven organization that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of specialty bioproducts that are used in a variety of industrial applications, including coatings, adhesives, and polymers. With deep applications expertise in carbohydrate chemistry, starch modifications, and polymer science Penford Products successfully develops and formulates biobased products that provide economic, functional and sustainability benefits over petroleum derived materials. Penford has six manufacturing facilities in the United States, including its flagship biorefinery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that has over 1.2 billion pounds of annual starch capacity. Two technical centers provide Penford and its customers with world class research, development and applications expertise.

http://www.penford.com/
1001 1st St SW P.O. Box 428, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404-2175, USA

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Toyota Tsusho America

Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. (TAI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC), which was founded as a global trading and supply-chain specialist of the Toyota Group. Over the past four decades, it has evolved from a trader in a limited number of commodities and finished goods to a multi-business enterprise. As a multi-business enterprise, TAI combines international trading with an expansive range of domestically targeted functions (eg. supply-chain services, intermediate goods processing, etc.). Our operating divisions pursue a broad mix of business opportunities related to both industrial and consumer products and services.

www.taiamerica.com
212-355-2210
805 3rd Ave. 17th Fl., New York, 10022, USA

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TAI recently entered into a business arrangement with Greencol Taiwan Corp. (GTC), which is a joint venture involving TTC to produce bio mono ethylene glycol (bio-MEG) from sugarcane based bio-ethanol. The Bio-MEG produced will be supplied to toll manufacturers for the production of bio-PET. TAI's agreement with GTC will be an integral part of the first global bio-PET integrated supply chain, including procurement of bio-ethanol, production of bio-mono ethylene glycol, tolling business of PET resin, and marketing of bio-PET served in the textile, bottling, container, and automotive industries. Additional information can be found at TTC's website: http://www.globio.jp/en/

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