NatureWorks
About NatureWorks LLC
NatureWorks LLC is a stand-alone company wholly owned by Cargill. Dedicated to meeting the world's needs today without compromising the earth's ability to meet the needs of tomorrow, NatureWorks LLC is the first company to offer a family of commercially available greenhouse-gas-neutral polymers* derived from 100 percent annually renewable resources with cost and performance that compete with petroleum-based packaging materials and fibers. The company applies its unique technology to the processing of natural plant sugars to create a proprietary polylactide polymer, which is marketed under the NatureWorks® PLA and Ingeo® fibers brand names. For more information about NatureWorks and its brands, please visit www.natureworksllc.com
Ingeo, NatureWorks, the Ingeo logo and EcoPLA design are registered Trademarks of NatureWorks LLC.
* Based on purchase of renewable energy certificates by NatureWorks LLC.
NatureWorksGooimeer 6-10
1411 DD Naarden
Netherlands
8 Jun 2006
NatureWorks® PLA Popular with Customers: Delhaize Expands Environmentally – Friendly Packaging Program
Following successful trials, Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize is expanding its environmentally friendly packaging program, using NatureWorks® PLA, 100 percent nature-based packaging.
2 May 2006
SPAR Austria Enhances “Freshness” of Produce with NatureWorks® PLA
Building on its reputation for innovation and customer convenience, SPAR Austria is packaging organic apples, pears and tomatoes in rigid trays sealed with a flow wrap film, all made from NatureWorks® PLA.
28 Apr 2006
NatureWorks LLC Introduces Smart Care
In the past three years, NatureWorks LLC has seen a dramatic increase in the number of commercial successes of NatureWorks® PLA in packaging, serviceware and consumer goods products. Many companies working with NatureWorks, through best practices of processing, shipping and storage of their NatureWorks PLA-based products, have successfully, and profitably, managed their NatureWorks product lines, through the supply chain, to secure brand owners globally. To continue to promote such successes, NatureWorks has documented and compiled the best practices of partners such as these who have profited from managing their brands and product made from NatureWorks PLA through proper care and handling, from the converting lines to the store shelves.
22 Mar 2006
NatureWorks LLC Joins Biodegradable Plastics Exhibition
NatureWorks LLC – the world’s leading supplier of commercially available polylactide (PLA) polymers that are derived 100 percent from annually renewable resources – and its partners will showcase NatureWorks PLA and Ingeo fiber products at the Biodegradable Plastics Exhibition opening today at Beijing Chuangye Plaza. An independent limited liability corporation owned by Cargill, NatureWorks is working with local companies to develop the market for PLA in China.
20 Jan 2006
NatureWorks LLC announces management change: Kathleen Bader retires, Dennis McGrew named new president and CEO
Dennis McGrew will become the new president and chief executive officer of NatureWorks LLC, a wholly owned business unit of Cargill, effective Jan. 20, 2006. NatureWorks is the first company to offer a family of commercially available polymers derived from 100 percent annually renewable resources. McGrew replaces Kathleen Bader, president, CEO and chairman of the business unit from 2004 to 2006, who has announced her retirement as part of a planned management transition.
23 Nov 2005
NatureWorks LLC demonstrates continued renewable resource-based innovation
Citing strong market, application and company growth, Kathleen M. Bader, chairman, president and CEO of NatureWorks LLC commented at a conference this week about the continued, rapid growth of renewable-resource-based products in Europe.
16 Nov 2005
NatureWorks LLC announces north american 'Buy Back' program for post-consumer bottles made from NatureWorks® PLA
NatureWorks LLC announced plans today at the National Recycling Convention in Minneapolis, Minn., to institute a large-volume "buy-back" program in North America for post-consumer PLA bottles in mixed plastic waste recycling streams. The program provides an additional landfill waste diversion option for corn-based NatureWorks® PLA, a material that already offers the most waste diversion choices of any other plastic.
DRINKING WATER CUP6 Oct 2005
NatureWorks® PLA: brand overview
Fresh food packaging from nature – it’s just that simple. NatureWorks® PLA is a clear, nature-based food packaging resin made 100 percent from field maize. Packaging from NatureWorks PLA is a natural fit for fresh, wholesome foods and beverages. And, because NatureWorks PLA is made from maize, it can be composted*.
6 Oct 2005
NatureWorks LLC announces world’s first greenhouse-gas-neutral polymer
NatureWorks LLC announced today that it will achieve a greenhouse-gas-neutral position for NatureWorks® PLA, making it the first, and only, commercially available greenhouse-gas-neutral polymer in the industry. The company made the announcement today at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2005, billed as the largest packaging show in the Western Hemisphere.
