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Catalyzing Commercialization: Greening the Packaging Industry

Catalyzing Commercialization
September
2014

Globalization has changed the landscape of global manufacturing and supply chains, creating huge opportunities for more efficient production of goods and services, but also significant sustainability issues. One such challenge is the waste of packaging materials throughout the supply chain. Northern Technologies International Corp. (NTIC), a small business headquartered in Circle Pines, MN, has developed biodegradable, compostable, and, for the first time, bio-based, polylactide (PLA) for blown plastic packaging films and end products.

 

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