One of the many biobased product companies represented at the USB Biobased Products Stakeholders’ Dialogue this week was Elevance Renewable Sciences, which produces a wide array of materials from renewable oils like soybeans.
“We make products targeted at three broad market industries,” says Andy Shafer, EVP for sales and marketing. “The consumer and industrial space where we make ingredients for cleaners, detergents and solvents, we make ingredients for personal care products, and we make high-performance waxes. In our lubricants and additives space, we make base oils for lubricants and additives for lubricants and fuels, and in our engineered polymers and coatings area we make building blocks for engineered polymers, high-performance plastics, and coatings and adhesives.”
Shafer says they came to the USB event because it gave them an opportunity to talk with government officials, both on the demand side and on the regulatory side. He even had a chance to ask Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden directly about the potential of a loan guarantee for their new plant being built in Mississippi. Interview with Andy Shafer, Elevance
I had the chance to catch Krysta Harden on video visiting with Elevance as she toured through the USB event this week – watch it below.