Polyactide Conference

Natureworks LLC host a new 'Innovation Takes Route' conference on biopolymer polyactide (PLA).

Innovation Takes Root - Technical Conference

Excelling in the fast-paced bioplastics industry is impossible without innovation.  Without it, biotechnology-based businesses fade to the background of a marketplace cluttered with choices. 

Biopolymer Polyactide Conference

To help address this issue, NatureWorks LLC is hosting the highly anticipated Innovation Takes Root, the first-of-its-kind international technical conference, focusing on biopolymer polylactide (PLA). 

The conference

The conference is taking place at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 16-18.   Designed to meet growing inquiries from the R&D, Brandowner, Product Designer and Product Processor and Engineering audiences, Innovation Takes Root will explore ways to break the clutter using innovative and complementary technologies as a vehicle.  

Keynote speakers from industry leaders Toyota and 3M will explain how they have used innovations as assets to propel their business while keynote Ron Pernick, co-author, The Clean Tech Revolution,will discuss his experience in advising established and new companies on emerging clean technologies.

The conference sets out to facilitate an exchange of information and expertise on specific technical tracks that are relevant to the entire supply chain, demonstrated through the advancements and applications of a wide range of downstream innovators as well as other renowned polylactide producers, scientists and engineers who lead the technology space and technical tracks.

Technical Presentations

Technical track presentations from the likes of Arkema, BioFilm, DuPont Corporation, Eldridge Mount, Fresco, Kao Corporation, Rohm & Haas, Samsung, Specialty Mineral, Unitika, NatureWorks LLC and others will cover subjects such as:

• Improving properties through impact modification and plasticizers
• Chemical blowing innovation and coloration
• Surface modification with adhesion, metalizing and denesting additives
• Improvements in thermal properties by  nucleation packages, blends and stereocomplex

NatureWorks LLC is the world leader in the manufacturing of polylactide, which it markets under the Ingeo™ brand name.  “Our partners currently using and developing Ingeo applications were certainly a key driver for this conference.  Today a person can find more than 20 different Ingeo-based applications made from NatureWorks‘ biopolymer, produced by over 100 commercial partners selling in more than 70,000 retail stores around the world.” said Jeff Smith, Technical Director at NatureWorks,   “We can certainly understand why there is so much buzz about this conference and we’re extremely pleased with the amount of interest we’re receiving.  We’ve got folks beating down our door to attend this conference, and we’ve only just begun to spread the word about the event.”