Agresti signs MOA for expansion of waste-to-ethanol system to Vietnam

In Vietnam, Indiana-based AGRESTI Biofuels announced a Memorandum of Agreement with Viet Nam’s Phuc Yen Company and local business partners, Mr. Ngo Xuan Tiec and Mr. Tien Luong, to create a joint business entity named AGRESTI Viet Nam. The company will market, build and operate facilities in Viet Nam that convert municipal solid waste to ethanol and other commercial products. The new entity will use a GeneSyst Gravity Pressure Vessel (GPV) technology as the core of its waste-to-energy system.

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