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Article: MARKETPLACE: Briefs
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- International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM
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- December 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright AOCS Press Dec 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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* Twin Rivers Technology is closing its fatty acids plant in Painesville, Ohio that it acquired from Lonza Inc., based in Allendale, New Jersey, in 2002. The closure will affect 69 jobs, although the possible production of a new product such as biodiesel is being considered for the site.
Twin Rivers is to expand fatty acid production at its facility in Quincy, Massachusetts, and is concluding supply deals with two companies, one in the United States and one in Malaysia.
* Fractec Research & Development Inc. based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, is planning to license a new process that will make available a fat with favorable physical properties that does not involve iranx fatty acids. The ...