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Clothing manufacturer
facturer Kanebo Gohsen Ltd. of Japan is a major customer of Cargill
Dow's PLA. Representatives of these two companies as well as Japanese
trading company Itochu International and U.S. Grains Council recently
visited NCGA to explain the potential for PLA's use in fabrics and
to display samples of the products that are being tested in select
markets in
Japan. Pictured, left to right, are Dale Posthumus, director of
planning and business development for U.S. Grains Council; Shugo
Suzuki, vice president of textile and apparel department, Prominent
USA Inc.; Akira Kumatori, sales and marketing maanger and Cargill
Dow Polymers LLC distributor, Cargill Japan Limited; Keio Yamanaka,
general manager of technologies for Kanebo; Kenjiro Motomochi, generla
manager of marketing for Kanebo; Rene Shunk NCGA director of business
development/corn processing research; Brian Stockman, NCGA vice
president of marketing; Mike Shelby, NCGA projects coordinator;
and Dennis Kitch, director of worldwide biomaterials for U.S. GrainsCouncil.
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