Missoula chemical company Rivertop Renewables takes important step toward goal of going global

In the 1980s, a University of Montana scientist discovered an economical and efficient way to produce glucaric acid, which can serve as a replacement for phosphates.

It could eventually make Missoula the headquarters of a global chemical company, the firm’s CEO said.

On Tuesday in Danville, Virginia, a different company began manufacturing the acid commercially, which made it a huge day for Rivertop Renewables http://www.rivertop.com/ of Missoula.

"The sky’s the limit," Mike Knauf, Rivertop’s CEO

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