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SoyaWax Intl. President and Chief Scientist Mike Richards chats with State Senator Jack Hatch at the IPRT Legislative Breakfast.

3 March 2009, Des Moines, Iowa – SoyaWax International was one of six companies invited to attend this year’s annual Legislative Breakfast hosted by Iowa State University’s Institute for Physical Research and Technology (IPRT). About 55 Iowa state representatives and senators came to see firsthand how state funding provided to IPRT programs provides essential assistance for new and developing Iowa businesses and positively impacts the state's economy.

"The Entrepreneurial Development Center is a unique and valuable business development resource in Iowa." said SoyaWax Founder and President Mike Richards, "In over thirty years of my entrepreneurial career, I can enthusiastically say that I have never been involved in a start-up where we had such a breadth and depth of on-demand, high quality mentoring, technical, and strategic assistance. The EDC has been inspirationally effective in helping us to fast-track our business growth."

All members of the SoyaWax International management team were on hand at the awards ceremony and networking event.

11 August 2008, Des Moines Iowa - SoyaWax International is one of nine Iowa businesses awarded a Demonstration Fund grant by the Iowa Department of Economic Development. The $150,000 award, the maximum amount available for a single competitive application, was made on the strength of SoyaWax International's proposal to commercialize a new generation of soywax products