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Invista to invest in PLA start-up

29/07/2015

Polymer and fibre manufacturer Invista has announced a new partnership with UK-based Plaxica to produce low-cost lactic acid from biomass. Plaxica is a technology licencing company founded in 2008 as a spin-off from Imperial College, London. It has developed a chemical technology to produce low-cost lactic acid from non-food based sugars,...

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