

Corporate Identity Change to Danimer Scientific In February 2014, Danimer Scientific and Meredian Inc. Previous Merger into Meredian Holdings Group, Inc. The sole-verification guarantees that the biopolymers are safe to use for food contact and are classified as non-hazardous waste after disposal.

In 2014, the company received a Food and Substance Contact Notification approval from the United States Food and Drug Association (FDA). after spending thirty years with Procter & Gamble. Danimer Scientific's Nodax PHA is a specialized, medium-chain-length branched polyhydroxyalkanoate, mcl-PHA.ĭanimer and Meredian originally purchased Procter & Gamble’s intellectual property on PHA technology in 2007. In January 2013, Danimer and Henkel formed a partnership to further develop bio-based hot melt adhesives for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container packaging that are made with 50% renewable content or higher. In September 2011, Danimer Scientific and minority business enterprise, Sijo Global Partners, formed a strategic affiliation where Sijo would offer Danimer’s bioplastic products to market leaders and brand owners. In 2010, Danimer Scientific received a contract for $846,828 from the organization, Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) to develop an environmentally friendly fracturing treatment for hydrocarbon production, now known as SqueezeFrac. The following year the SBIR awarded the company with a Phase 2 monetary grant of $346,000 for the same title, stating that the project's objective was to use renewable materials to develop agricultural mulch films that could adequately degrade before the next growing season In 2006, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awarded Danimer with a Phase 1 monetary grant of $80,000 for the "Creation of Cost Competitive Biodegradable Films from Renewable Resources for Agriculture".

The company received the Sustainability Award from the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) in 2007 for the Ecotainer coffee cup, which used a plastic biopolymer derived from corn for the inner lining. Danimer Scientific specializes in customizing biopolymer formulations. Background Danimer Scientific ĭanimer Scientific was formed in 2004 to create biodegradable and sustainable solutions to the global dependency on traditional plastics, by using biopolymer materials such as polylactic acid (PLA). Danimer Scientific also provides toll manufacturing and compounding services, allowing partners to use the Bainbridge facility to manufacture products. In addition, Danimer Scientific offers research and development in the formulation of biopolymers. The company uses PHA and other biopolymers to create a range of applications such as additives, aqueous coatings, extrusion coating, extrusion lamination, fibers, film resins, hot melt adhesives, injection molding, thermoforming and wax replacement polymers. and MHG, is a biopolymer manufacturer headquartered in Bainbridge, Georgia.ĭanimer Scientific owns the patent for Nodax medium-chain-length branched polyhydroxyalkanoates, mcl-PHA. Danimer Scientific, formerly known as Meredian Holdings Group Inc.
