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Novamont plans demonstration plant for furandicarboxylic acid

by Michael McCoy
October 26, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 42

 

The structure of furandicarboxylic acid.

Novamont plans to spend about $11 million to build a demonstration facility at its site in Terni, Italy, for the sugar-derived monomer furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). Novamont says it will use FDCA as a raw material for biodegradable polyesters used in its Mater-Bi line of plastics. Separately, Novamont has opened a Mater-Bi plant in Patrica, Italy, that complements a similar facility in Terni.

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