METabolic EXplorer invests in 1st stage of its new State-of-Art Pilot Production Facility

20-Sep-2007

METabolic EXplorer announced that it has started the development of its first pilot production facility. This is an important strategic step for the company as it will enable METabolic EXplorer to confirm on a pilot scale the economics of its biological based approach which will ultimately be used for the large scale production of bulk chemicals. The new flexible facility can be used for the pilot production of any of the company's proprietary products, namely, 1,2 Propanediol (MPG), 1,3 Propanediol (PDO) and Butanol.

This new pilot facility will be based at METabolic EXplorer's headquarters in Clermont-Ferrand and it is expected to be completed and fully operational by the end of year. This first investment of over EUR4 million will consist of fermentators of 7 to 800 litres capacity as well as the equipment to manage the process optimisation from renewable feedstock including the separation of the biomass.

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