Inventure Renewables teams with Wilmar and Desmet Ballestra on Chinese facility

In Alabama, Inventure Renewables has announced an agreement with Wilmar International and Desmet Ballestra Group to begin construction on a new facility in Jiangsu province, China. The plant, which will bolt on to an existing Wilmar facility, will utilize Inventure’s recently developed Soap Carbonate Technology to convert low-value processing residues into valuable, uncontaminated Free Fatty Acids.

“The announcement of the new plant is a validation of our soap carbonate technology, and of our ability to walk a project from research to reality,” said John Brown, Inventure’s Chief Operating Officer.  “Inventure’s Mixed Super Critical Fluid technology is already being used by Wilmar to produce FAME for oleochemicals and biodiesel from a wide range of vegetable oil feedstocks, and we’re very excited to break ground with them on this new project.”