Equipment for inside new Sarnia plant being ordered
By Heather Wright, www.sarniathisweek.com Sarnia This Week
January 02, 2012
There are no signs of construction at Lanxess yet, but some of the building will soon begin for the $80 million bio-chemical plant.
Montreal-based BioAmber announced plans in October to build a biosuccinic acid plant at Lanxess. It has been working on plant design and environmental approvals in advance of the start of construction of the actual building.
But Mike Hartmann, vice-president of BioAmber, says some building is underway. The company is purchasing equipment which needs to be built and shipped to the plant. “Things such as large fermentors and certain pumps and equipment, that’s a priority,” he says. “It will take our suppliers six months to build it. We order it now so we can be sure it is there once the building is ready.”
Hartmann says the company also has a short list of companies which will be in charge of engineering of the plant, buying for the build and the eventual construction.
Hartmann says construction is still expected to start in the spring. He says the project is fully funded including yet unannounced support from the federal government.
“A lot of work is being done behind the scenes that just doesn’t include putting the bulldozer on the ground,” says Hartmann.
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