Iowa plant produces corn-based chemical for use in making fabrics, plastics

A new $300 million facility in Eddyville has begun producing a corn-based chemical that will be used to make consumer goods. Jon Veldhouse is the CEO of Qore, a joint venture of Minnesota-based Cargill and a German chemical company called HELM AG. He says they’ve named the product QIRA. “QIRA is a building block that goes […]

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