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October 2012

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Top Glove expanding its capacity to achieve goal of 30% global share by 2015

MALAYSIA-based Top Glove, a leading maker and supplier of rubber gloves is expanding its capacity through creating a total of 22 glove factories across the country to achieve its goal of partaking 30% of the global market share.

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MATERIALS NEWS

Corn-based plastic plant in Brazil
Biolice

LIMAGRAIN Céréales Ingrédients of France is building a 8,000 tonne/year-facility for biolice bioplastic granules in Brazil. Biolice is a material that uses maize cereal flour as feedstock and is biodegradable and compostable.

Ennezat-based LCI, which is a division of grains company Groupe Limagrain, will start up the facility in the third quarter of 2013 with an annual production capacity of 8,000 tonnes of biolice.

LCI said it aims to grow its bioplastics business around the world, with India and China also named as target markets. (PRA)