{"id":16317,"date":"2013-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20130211-02n"},"modified":"2013-02-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-10T22:00:00","slug":"green-dot-holdings-llc-acquires-mgps-bioplastic-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/green-dot-holdings-llc-acquires-mgps-bioplastic-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Dot Holdings LLC Acquires MGP&#8217;s Bioplastic Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Green Dot has acquired the bioplastics division of MGP. Green Dot will become a full service bioplastics company offering a complete line of bio-based and compostable materials customized to customer needs.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Green Dot has acquired the bioplastics division of Atchison, Kansas-based MGP Ingredients, Inc. (Nasdaq\/MGPI). The acquisition includes a manufacturing facility in Onaga, Kansas and certain assets at the company&#8217;s research and development facility in Atchison. Also, included are three lines of bioplastic materials currently sold by MGP under the Terratek\u00ae brand-name. The addition of these lines will allow Green Dot to meet a wide range of consumer needs with both bio-based and compostable bioplastic materials.<\/p>\n<p>Green Dot now offers a complete line of materials using renewable natural ingredients suitable for a wide range of applications. The Terratek\u00ae line includes wood-based bioplastics, starch composites and biodegradable starch-based resins. These materials will be sold alongside Green Dot&#8217;s pioneering compostable elastomeric bioplastic.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these lines, Green Dot can develop customized client formulations using starch, wood and other biomass materials. The company&#8217;s extensive knowlegde of polymer grades and additives can provide resins with a wide range of properties. The state-of-the-art compounding lab can quickly develop and test formulas for specific applications. Green Dot&#8217;s high quality and efficient operations can reduce the time spent in formula development<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This agreement presents wonderful opportunities for all parties involved,&#8221; said MGP President and CEO Tim Newkirk. &#8220;MGP is selling this business to a company firmly established in the plastics industry. With their experience, market knowledge and capabilities, Green Dot is well-positioned for success in the arena of eco-friendly product solutions. For MGP, this transaction aligns with our focus on supporting growth in our core business areas &#8211; food ingredients and alcohol products.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This acquisition will enable Green Dot to better serve our customers with a broad range of materials, along with the expertise and facilities to quickly develop new formulations tailored to their unique specifications,&#8221; stated company CEO Mark Remmert. &#8220;The synergy of the two companies&#8217; assets will be leveraged to capitalize on the rapid growth predicted in the U.S. bioplastics market.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Green Dot has acquired the bioplastics division of MGP. Green Dot will become a full service bioplastics company offering a complete line of bio-based and<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[12997,3912],"class_list":["post-16317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-green-dot-bioplastics","supplier-mgp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16317"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=16317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}