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Flax company to launch production in US

31/10/2012
Naturally Advanced Technologies, a Canadian company that produces Crailar flax fibre and will from today be known as Crailar Technologies, has been granted $263,500 in incentives from Florence County, South Carolina, to set up a manufacturing facility in the region.

The company, using an initial investment of $8 million, is set to begin processing flax out of a new facility from December 28, 2012.

"We are thrilled about our progress in Florence County and look forward to having a fully operating facility there this December," said Ken Barker, CEO of Crailar.

The company, established in 1998, has developed proprietary technologies for production of bast fibres, cellulose pulp and their resulting by-products in collaboration with Canada's National Research Council.

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