About NatureWorks LLC

NatureWorks LLC is a joint venture between Cargill and Teijin Limited of Japan. Dedicated to meeting the world’s needs today without compromising the earth’s ability to meet the needs of tomorrow, NatureWorks LLC is the first company to offer a family of commercially available low carbon footprint polymers derived from 100-percent annually renewable resources with cost and performance that compete with petroleum-based packaging materials and fibers. This biopolymer currently uses 65% less fossil fuel resources to produce, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 80-90% compared to traditional petroleum-based polymers. The company applies its unique technology to the processing of natural plant sugars to create a proprietary polylactide biopolymer, NatureWorks® which is then marketed globally as Ingeo™.

Cargill and Teijin Limited of Japan announced on December 4, 2007, the finalization of a joint venture in NatureWorks LLC. For more information, read the press release.