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Leaf Resources enters Collaboration Agreement with ZeaChem Inc
- Published October 23, 2014 11:07AM UTC
- Publisher Wholesale Investor
- Categories Company Updates
ASX Announcement; 16 October 2014
The Directors of Leaf Resources are pleased to announce the signing of a Collaboration Agreements with ZeaCheam Inc. of Lakewood, Colarado. The agreement covers the evaluation of ZeaCheam and Leaf Resources of the Leaf Glycell process for the production of fermentable sugars at ZeaChem’s demonstration plant at Boardman, Oregon. The trials will usePoplar as a feedstock.
Zen Richards, CEO of Leaf Resources, said: “ZeaChem has been a leader in the cellulosic field for many years and has multiple patents in the field including for the production of acetic acid from cellulosic sugars. ZeaChem’s Boardman plant utilizes Andritz equipment and is very similar in configuration to the Andritz trial facility at Springfield, Ohio where Leaf Resources has been running development trials for almost one year.”
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