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Qore has opened a $360 million plant in Eddyville, converting locally grown corn into a chemical used in everything from ...
The brand new facility in Eddyville produces QIRA, a bio-based alternative for a compound typically made from fossil fuels.
As one CEO put it, when it comes to fossil fuels, there are only so many dead dinosaurs in the ground. Gary Smith, leader of ...
EDDYVILLE, IOWA, US — Qore, LLC, a joint venture between Cargill and German chemical company HELM, has begun producing QIRA, ...
Cargill and HELM celebrated the grand opening of the QORE facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility Tuesday. The 20-acre facility was the result of a partnership between ...
QORE, a joint venture between Cargill and German-based chemical company HELM, officially started the production of its newest product- QIRA- in Eddyville, Iowa. QIRA is the world’s first large-scale r ...
QIRA is an alternative to chemicals made from fossil fuels that are used to make spandex fibers as well as rigid and flexible plastics. The company projects the chemical will be used in automotive ...
The plant in Eddyville is poised to produce 66,000 metric tons of QIRA annually, but the partners said they all hope demand for the product expands and more facilities will be needed.
The facility, which is now up and running, takes the corn and processes it into a chemical building block called QIRA.
A joint venture between Lycra and Cargill expects that fabric products made with Midwestern corn could be on shelves later ...