In the study, ROTEC will focus on a location analysis related to the availability of optimal agricultural land and feedstocks and potential production locations, as well as research of the Russian market. Purac, leading player in natural food preservation and bio-based building blocks & chemicals, will focus on the analysis of the optimal available feedstock-to-PLA technologies and defining the business case.
Purac is a leading company in food preservation, biobased chemicals and lactic acid based bioplastics and the worldwide market leader in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives and lactides. Purac has over 80 years of experience in the development, manufacturing and marketing of these products in a broad range of industries. Purac operates production plants in the USA, the Netherlands, Spain, Brazil and Thailand and markets its products through a worldwide network of sales offices and distributors. Purac is headquartered in The Netherlands and is a part of CSM.