Press for Mascoma
Mascoma Corp. has acquired an Ontario-based company whose technology will aid in Mascoma’s commercialization of cellulosic ethanol, the company announced Wednesday.
Mascoma Corporation, an innovative biofuels company, today announced the acquisition of SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (SBI), a division of SunOpta Inc. (Nasdaq: STKL) (TSX: SOY). This combination brings together the world-leading fiber preparation and pretreatment technologies of SBI and the world-leading consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology of Mascoma, to create a company with comprehensive capabilities for converting non-food cellulose (wood chips, energy crops and organic solid waste) into ethanol and high value co-products.
Mascoma Corp. is acquiring a division of Canada's SunOpta Inc. for $51 million, hoping to pair the companies' biofuels expertise to more efficiently convert wood chips, crops and organic solid waste into ethanol.
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