New $62 million Alpont plant to serve Ohio biodiesel industry from August

In Ohio, local press reports that Alpont’s new $62 million methanol and biodiesel fuel catalysts plant will come online in August. The facility’s main market will be northwest Ohio to ensure access to local, lower-priced components for biodiesel and other fuel products. The company chose the town of Oregon to site the plant because of access to high pressure, low cost natural gas required for production processes while Toledo had already run out of industrial areas sufficiently large with the required connection needed.