AATCC names Millson Award winner
12/04/2019
Dr Gruber, now chief executive of renewables company Gevo, won the award for his earlier work on a method for producing polylactic acid (PLA) from plant-based products. This work, which he carried out during his career at Cargill, led to the development of renewable raw materials for plastic production, which has reduced the textile industry’s dependence on petrochemicals.
On accepting the award, Dr Gruber paid tribute to Cargill and to the people he worked with there.
AATCC’s Millson Award is named after dye chemistry specialist Henry Millson.
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