6 August 2015
JEAN FRANCOIS HUC
BIOAMBER PRESIDENT & CEO
DETAILS
announced today the opening of its BioAmber Sarnia plant
that was jointly built with Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
BioAmber Sarnia makes renewable chemicals
from sugar instead of petroleum.
The new plant uses innovative biotechnology and will produce
biobased succinic acid from glucose
sourced from southern Ontario agricultural suppliers.
The BioAmber Sarnia plant is
the world’s largest succinic acid production facility
and will be globally competitive
while making chemicals more sustainably.
JF Huc,
CEO BioAmber
“We’re excited that our renewable chemicals made from sugars
are making everyday applications around the world more sustainable.
We believe our disruptive biotechnology is going to profitably
deliver benefits for the environment, our customers, our shareholders
and the Sarnia Lambton community. “
BioAmber Sarnia construction cost:
approximately US $141.5 million
Capacity: 30,000 tons/year of succinic acid
World’s largest succinic acid plant
Disruptive technology is lower cost
than oil-based production
Markets: increasing demand for
renewable building block chemicals in large global markets
Applications: examples include:
plastics, paints, textiles and coatings, artificial leather,
food and flavours and personal care products
Volumes specified in signed take-or-pay and sales agreements
exceed annual production capacity
Approximately 300 construction jobs and 60 full-time jobs
were created by the project; many of the plant operators
are graduates from Lambton College
100% reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions
compared to the equivalent production process
that uses petroleum.
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