CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Metabolix,
Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX), an innovation-driven bioscience company focused
on delivering sustainable solutions for plastics, chemicals and energy,
today announced that its President and CEO, Richard P. Eno, will be the
luncheon keynote speaker at the Biopolymers Symposium 2012 conference in
San Antonio, TX on Tuesday, October 16 at 12:00 p.m. CDT. Mr. Eno's
presentation will focus on the strategy for bringing Metabolix's PHA
technology to commercialization, and he will discuss how industry
leaders in biopolymers can work together to grow the market.
The 7th annual Biopolymers Symposium 2012 will be held October 15-17 at
the Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, TX. The event brings together
the key innovators and decision makers in the bioplastics industry to
discuss new technologies, market trends and developments in
applications, guidelines and waste strategies for biopolymers.
About Metabolix
Metabolix, Inc. is an innovation-driven bioscience company delivering
sustainable solutions to the plastics, chemicals and energy industries.
Metabolix is developing and commercializing MirelTM and Mvera,TM
a family of high-performance bioplastics which are biobased and
biodegradable alternatives to many petroleum-based plastics. Metabolix's
biobased chemicals platform utilizes its novel "FAST" recovery process
to enable the production of cost-effective, "drop-in" replacements for
petroleum-based industrial chemicals. Metabolix is also developing a
platform for co-producing plastics, chemicals and energy from crops.
Metabolix has established an industry-leading intellectual property
portfolio that, together with its knowledge of advanced industrial
practice, provides a foundation for industry collaborations.
For more information, please visit www.metabolix.com.
(MBLX-G)
Metabolix, Inc.
Lynne Brum, 617-682-4693
LBrum@metabolix.com
or
Schwartz
MSL Boston
Keith Giannini or Kirsten Swenson, 781-684-0770
metabolix@schwartzmsl.com
Source: Metabolix, Inc.
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