April 6, 2008 - A Better Choice of Cards with Ingeo™ Innovations at ICMA 2008

Industry leading suppliers and manufacturers in cards production, partner with NatureWorks LLC at the 2008 ICMA Card Manufacturing and Personalization Expo in Orlando, Florida, 6-9 April

Orlando, FL.  April 6, 2008 - ICMA’s annual Expo is a chance for all companies involved in every aspect of card manufacturing to discover the latest in trends, production, materials, security, personalization and global market issues. All sectors of card production are represented here from substrate to end-product, and it is the premier annual opportunity for manufacturers to share business and applications developments.

NatureWorks is pleased to support sixteen of its global partners who have each recognized the unique value that its family of Ingeo™ bioplastics can bring to the world of cards manufacturing.

NatureWorks LLC is the manufacturer of this first, commercial bioplastic. Called Ingeo™, it is an ingenious new material made from 100% annually renewable plant resources instead of oil. NatureWorks supplies customers globally from its world-scale, Blair Nebraska facility designed to supply the growing bioplastics industry both now and in the forecasted future.

Annual card production exceeds 16 billion and is accelerating each year. Consumers are now more alert than ever to the impact card usage has on their lives. From key cards to loyalty, gaming, transaction and financial cards, everyone is in contact with plastic cards on a daily basis. With many of these cards, their intended life is limited, so the consumer is beginning to ask how they can make a difference in the cards they choose.

Although PVC is the incumbent plastic used for cards today, Ingeo™ readily replaces PVC in many card applications, offering a responsible choice to those manufacturers, brands, and retailers increasingly interested in reducing their reliance on PVC.

Given this industry desire to provide a better eco-footprint through the use of bioplastics instead of PVC, Ingeo™ has quickly become the first choice within card applications globally as the preferred environmental innovation that delivers performance and a powerful, more responsible message to the consumer.. This positions Ingeo™ as the logical material of choice for the future of the cards industry.

This new material is transformed by NatureWorks’ manufacturing partners first into sheet and then into the next generation of responsibly manufactured cards, and so joins a complete assortment of new natural-origin plastic and fibers lifestyle innovations currently

seen in the market in more than 20 different applications from at least 100 current commercial partners, selling in over 70.000 retail outlets worldwide.

During this 4 day conference see the NatureWorks sponsored sessions ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’ with Bill Crawford from Waytech Corporation and “Green Marketing Claims – Guidelines to Guide You” with James Kohm from Federal Trade Commission. Also, you will be able to discuss, in detail, many of the innovative Ingeo™ card products directly with NatureWorks partners attending the Expo.

“It is important for us at NatureWorks to support all these creative business solutions for the card industry at a stage when we can see a critical mass of activity developing. Our message of responsible innovation is gathering momentum and it’s thanks to our partners commitment and drive that we can all expect a wide range of Ingeo ™ cards in everyone’s wallet in the future,” says Brian Glasbrenner, Global Market and Business Development Manager at NatureWorks LLC.

Key sheet manufacturers present their latest developments:

• Bi-Ax (CAN), making Ingeo™ sheet for cards, graphics, folding cartons and other end uses.

• Spartech (WI), making Ingeo™ bioplastic sheet for cards, graphics and other food/non-food end uses.

• Transilwrap (OH./IN), produces Ingeo™ bioplastic sheet for cards, graphics and other end uses.

• Klockner (US), making Ingeo™ bioplastic sheet for cards, graphics, folding cartons and other food/non-food end uses.

• Ex-Tech Plastics (IL), produces Ingeo™ sheet for food/non-food applications.

• Carolex (EU), – offering Ingeo™ bioplastic sheet for cards, graphics and non-food end uses.

These key ingredient suppliers provide the raw material for a range of card printers to add their own value and Ingeo™ innovation to the mix, including from North

America: UV Color(MN), Arthur Blank (MA), Meyers (MN),Jet (IL), Colourfast (CAN), Travel Tags (MN), All Cards Limited (CAN), Perfect Plastic Printing (IL), Versatile Card Technology (IL), and CPI (CO).

From Europe, we will see new products presented by Narboni and Scopus.

NatureWorks LLC is dedicated to meeting the world’s needs of today without compromising the earth’s ability to meet the needs of tomorrow. And the new reality that comes from working with the Ingeo™ brand brings a new meaning of how to do business differently today. To make contemporary goods with a natural origin, to bring performance without compromise and to make products that have a powerful environmental message to the consumer who is looking for a means to choose better.

NatureWorks LLC, its partners and Ingeo™: Making products for you to choose better. Better for the planet, so better for the consumer and better for business too.

About NatureWorks LLC:

NatureWorks LLC is a company dedicated to meeting the world’s needs today without compromising the earth’s ability to meet the needs of tomorrow. NatureWorks LLC is the first company to offer a family of commercially available low carbon footprint biopolymers derived from 100 percent annually renewable resources with performance and economics that compete with oil-based plastics and fibers. The production of these biopolymers uses less fossil fuel and emits fewer green-house gases than conventional polymers. The company applies its proprietary technology to process natural plant sugars to make NatureWorks® biopolymer, which is then used uniquely to make and market finished products under the Ingeo™ brand name. NatureWorks LLC is a joint venture between Cargill and Teijin Limited of Japan.

Ingeo, ingenious materials made from plants not oil.

Ingeo™ innovations are made uniquely from NatureWorks® biopolymer

NatureWorks, Ingeo and the Ingeo logo are the trademarks or registered trademarks of NatureWorks LLC in the USA and other countries.