Qore, a joint venture of Minnesota-based Cargill and Germany-based HELM, is officially starting production of QIRA®, the world’s first large-scale 1,4-butanediol (BDO) made from locally grown dent ...

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

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

Qore has established long-term relationships with its farmers, enabling transparency from the very beginning of the process. For example, customers, manufacturers, and brands are invited to visit ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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