Qore has opened a $360 million plant in Eddyville, converting locally grown corn into a chemical used in everything from ...

The brand new facility in Eddyville produces QIRA, a bio-based alternative for a compound typically made from fossil fuels.

Iowa-grown corn will soon end up in the fibers of Spanx apparel and other products typically made with petroleum-based ...

EDDYVILLE, IOWA, US — Qore, LLC, a joint venture between Cargill and German chemical company HELM, has begun producing QIRA, ...

Cargill and HELM celebrated the grand opening of the QORE facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility Tuesday. The 20-acre facility was the result of a partnership between ...

As one CEO put it, when it comes to fossil fuels, there are only so many dead dinosaurs in the ground. Gary Smith, leader of ...

QORE, a joint venture between Cargill and German-based chemical company HELM, officially started the production of its newest product- QIRA- in Eddyville, Iowa. QIRA is the world’s first large-scale r ...

QIRA is made from dent corn — a type of field corn that has a high soft starch content — and the company is buying it from farmers within a 100-mile radius of the Eddyville facility.

The facility, which is now up and running, takes the corn and processes it into a chemical building block called QIRA.

A joint venture between Lycra and Cargill expects that fabric products made with Midwestern corn could be on shelves later ...