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Biobased Chemicals

NatureWorks’ Thai plant is under construction

by Alexander H. Tullo
October 30, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 36

A chemical plant being built in a field.
Credit: NatureWorks
NatureWorks says its new plant in Thailand is well underway.

NatureWorks says it has made significant progress on a polylactic acid complex it is building in Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand. The facility will have lactic acid fermentation, lactide monomer production, and 75,000 metric tons per year of polymerization capacity when it starts up in 2025. Its feedstock will be locally sourced sugarcane.

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