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ADM Building PHA Plant in ClintonNEW YORK - Mar 15/06 - SNS -- Archer Daniels Midland Company and Metabolix will build a commercial plant to produce PHA natural plastics in Clinton, Iowa. Construction, expected to be complete in mid 2008, is subject to applicable governmental approvals. This plant will have an initial annual capacity of 50,000 tons per year, and will produce a new generation of high-performance natural plastics that are eco-friendly and based on sustainable, renewable resources. The PHA plant will be located adjacent to ADM’s wet corn mill in Clinton. The plant will utilize starch from the mill’s existing corn grind capacity as raw material for PHA production. In 2004, ADM and Metabolix announced a strategic alliance to commercialize the Metabolix proprietary PHA technology, which is protected by over 130 issued and pending U.S. patents. Then in February, the companies announced that they would build the first commercial plant to produce PHA natural plastics at a to-be-determined location.
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