The water soluble, biodegradable, polyvinylalcohol film is intended for a variety of packaging applications.

MonoSol, a division of Kuraray, has been named a Best and Brightest Company to Work For in the nation for the third year by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR).

MonoSol joined nine other organizations in winning a 2018 Indiana Innovation Award at a the Day of Innovation ceremony held Oct.11 at Butler University in Indianapolis.

Against a backdrop of earth-moving equipment and stacks of steel, MonoSol, a division of Kuraray Group, broke ground for its new plant in Lebanon, Indiana, on Sept. 12.

MonoSol, a division of Kuraray, will invest $72 million to build a water-soluble film manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Indiana.

Kuraray’s MonoSol division has announced that its water-soluble film manufacturing plant in Portage, Indiana, has been awarded NSF International Certification Guideline 229, Functional Foods.

MonoSol’s New Business and Innovations team has been inducted into The Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana for developing water-soluble film used to make unit-dose pods of shaving cream.

Consumers are growing more accustomed to seeing water-soluble, unit-dose pods on shelves in the laundry and dishwasher detergent aisles, but now they can also find these little pods next to cans of shaving cream.

MonoSol, a leader in water-soluble films, will open a new $95-million state-of-the-art production plant in Portage, Indiana on April 19, 2016.