The main producers of polylactic acid in the world are NatureWorks (brand Ingeo) – annual capacity 150.000 tons, Total Corbion PLA (brand Luminy) – annual capacity 75.000 tons.
There are other smaller PLA producers on the market like:
- WeforYou, Austria-based, China – annual capacity 75.000 tons
- Zhejiang Hisun Biomaterials Co., Ltd., China – annual capacity 15.000 tons
- COFCO Biochemical (Anhui) Co., Ltd., China – annual capacity 10.000 tons
- Anhui BBCA Biochemical & Futerro PLA Co.Ltd, China – annual capacity 10.000 tons
- Nangtong Jiuding Biological, China – annual capacity 5.000 tons
- Nantong Jiuding Bio-Engineering Co., Ltd., China – annual capacity 5.000 tons
- Esun (Shenzhen Esun Industrial Co., Ltd), China – annual capacity 5.000 tons
- Shanghai Tongjie Liang Biomaterials Co., China – annual capacity 3.000 tons
- Teijin ltd, Japan
- Mushashino, Japan 1.000 tons
- Synbra Technology, The Netherlands, annual capacity 5.000 tons
- Futerro, Belgium, annual capacity 1.500 tons
- Sulzer ltd., Switzerland, annual capacity 1.000 tons
