Awards

NatureWorks LLC has received numerous awards and recognitions throughout the past several years for our Ingeo™ innovations made from NatureWorks® biopolymer.  All with great thanks to our collaborative partners and the scientific community, who helped to make this possible. 

• 2007 Tekne Award from the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) in the category of Established Biotechnology
• 2007 Promotional Marketing Association's Reggie® Award (for NatureWorks® Smart Care program)
• 2006 Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) GPEC Environmental Stewardship Award (in partnership with Wal-Mart)
• 2004 DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation
• 2003 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award
• 2002 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge, Alternative Reaction Conditions Award
• 2001 US Department of Energy (DOE) Technology of the Year Award (Office of Industrial Technologies and the Office of Efficiency and Renewable Energy)
• 2001 Popular Mechanics Design and Engineering Award
• 2000 Industry Week Technology of the Year Technology and Innovation Award