Metabolix

NASDAQ

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Metabolix, Inc., an advanced biomaterials company, focuses on delivering sustainable solutions to the plastics industry. The company develops and commercializes technologies for the production of polymers and chemicals in microbes and plants. It produces a family of biopolymers found in nature called polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), which occur naturally in living organisms and are chemically similar to polyesters. The company develops biobased polymeric modifiers for rigid, semi-rigid, and flexible polyvinyl chloride compounds, which are used in construction materials and medical applications; PHA coatings for paper and cardboard; marine biodegradable micro powders for use in cosmetics and personal care products; and PHA biopolymers for functional biodegradation. It also entered into a commercial and technology alliance with Honeywell International, Inc. for the development of marine biodegradable biopolymers for use in cosmetics and personal care products. The company offers its biopolymers under the Mirel brand in the United States and Canada. Metabolix, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.