Danimer Scientific Appoints Deborah Mcronald as Chief Corporate Development Officer
September 13, 2021 at 08:00 am EDT
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Danimer Scientific, Inc. announced that Deborah McRonald has joined the Company to serve in the newly created position of Chief Corporate Development Officer. With many years of experience leading business development and technology licensing initiatives across the pharmaceutical, consumer goods, maternal and infant nutrition, and food and beverage industries, McRonald will focus on developing external collaborations that drive revenue and fulfill the Company’s mission of reducing plastic waste across the globe. These collaborations are expected to include potential licensing or joint-venture agreements with various partners to further increase market applications for Danimer’s technology and materials, as well as to enhance the Company’s returns on invested capital.
Danimer Scientific, Inc. is a performance polymer company. The Company specializes in bioplastic replacements for traditional petroleum-based plastics. Its technologies include Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-based Resins, Polylactic acid (PLA)-based Resins and Rinnovo. It harvests the PHA from the bacteria, then purifies and filters the bioplastic before forming the non-formulated PHA into pellets. Its PHA is a naturally occurring bioplastic that effectively biodegrades in both anaerobic environments, such as a waste treatment facility, and aerobic environments. It sells the PHA under its proprietary Nodax brand name. PLA is made from dextrose derived from corn, sugar beets and sugar cane, among other sources. Applications for biopolymers include additives, aqueous coatings, fibers, filaments, films, thermoforming, and injection-molded articles. The Company primarily markets its products to consumer packaging brand owners, converters and manufacturers in the plastics industry.