{"id":56921,"date":"2018-10-04T07:32:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T05:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=56921"},"modified":"2018-10-02T11:34:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T09:34:30","slug":"danimer-scientific-to-acquire-fermentation-facility-in-winchester-ky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/danimer-scientific-to-acquire-fermentation-facility-in-winchester-ky\/","title":{"rendered":"Danimer Scientific to acquire Fermentation Facility in Winchester, KY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Danimer Scientific\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/biodegradable-plastics-manufacturer-to-locate-fermentation-facility-in-winchester-300717971.html\" target=\"_blank\">leaders plan<\/a> to purchase and revitalize the 88,000-square-foot former Alltech algae building on Rolling Hills Lane in\u00a0Winchester. The company will use the fermentation plant to produce its proprietary Nodax\u2122 polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) material. Nodax\u2122 PHA is a biopolymer that can be used to manufacture a vast array of versatile, biodegradable plastic products, including drinking straws, food packaging, cups, bottles, shopping bags, plates, trash bags, labels and more. The material is compostable, 100 percent bio-based and biodegradable in anaerobic, soil, fresh water and marine environments. Work could begin next month and company leaders aim to start operations in the fourth quarter of 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The production of Danimer\u2019s Nodax\u2122 PHA begins with fermentation where canola oil is consumed by soil bacteria and converted into PHA, which is then processed into a powder form. The powder will be transported to the company\u2019s\u00a0Bainbridge, Ga.\u00a0facility and combined with other biopolymers to manufacture biodegradable plastic resins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis facility marks a major milestone for our company,\u201d Danimer Scientific CEO\u00a0Stephen Croskrey\u00a0said. \u201cIt will be the world\u2019s first PHA commercial production plant, positioning us to provide our Nodax\u2122 PHA biodegradable plastic material for a wide variety of applications, from food packaging to drinking straws and more.\u00a0Kentucky\u2019s\u00a0state resources and strong local workforce have provided us with a significant leg up in getting this project off the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danimer Scientific\u2019s leaders plan to purchase and revitalize the 88,000-square-foot former Alltech algae building on Rolling Hills Lane in\u00a0Winchester. The company will use the fermentation plant to produce its proprietary Nodax\u2122 polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) material. Nodax\u2122 PHA is a biopolymer that can be used to manufacture a vast array of versatile, biodegradable plastic products, including drinking [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"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":[11270,12471,12661],"supplier":[2979],"class_list":["post-56921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biodegradability","tag-biopolymer","tag-resins","supplier-danimer-scientific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56921","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56921"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=56921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}