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Metabolix Mirel can be used as an alternative to petrochemical plastics in a wide variety of applications, including coated paper, film or bags, and thermoformed and molded goods. Mirel is produced using a fully biological fermentation process that converts agricultural raw materials such as corn sugar into a versatile range of plastics with excellent durability in use, and also biodegrades benignly in a wide range of environments, including marine and wetlands. The company was awarded the Presidential Green Chemistry Award by the U.S. EPA in 2005 for its pathbreaking production technology. In March 2006, Archer Daniels Midland Company and Metabolix announced plans to build a 50,000 ton commercial plant for production of Mirel in Clinton, Iowa, with start-up targeted in late 2008. The company is currently in pilot production, developing applications with selected customers.

About Metabolix
Founded in 1992, Metabolix, Inc. is an innovation driven bioscience company providing clean, sustainable solutions for the world's needs for plastics, fuels, and chemicals. The Company is taking a systems approach, from gene to end product, to integrate sophisticated biotechnology with advanced industrial practice, and is now developing and commercializing environmentally sustainable and totally biodegradable Mirel^TM natural plastic as a clean alternative to petroleum-based plastics. In addition to its microbial fermentation platform for producing Mirel^TM natural plastic, Metabolix is also developing a proprietary platform technology for co-producing, in biomass energy crops such as switchgrass, natural plastics and biomass for biofuels such as ethanol and for chemical products. Metabolix trades on the NASDAQ market under the ticker MBLX.

Recent Releases

May 7, 2008
Metabolix Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

Apr 29, 2008
Metabolix to Conduct a Webcast of Its First Quarter 2008 Earnings Call

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May 7, 2008
Metabolix, Inc. First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Mar 18, 2008
CITI Small & Mid-Cap Conference

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