BioAmber Inc., through its subsidiary Bluewater Biochemicals, has selected Sarnia, Ontario, Canada as the location for its first North American biosuccinic acid plant. The Sarnia plant will have an initial capacity of 17,000 MT and will be commissioned in 2013. Permitting work for the plant was initiated in June 2011. BioAmber currently produces and sells bio-based succinic acid at a 3,000 MT capacity plant in France.
See the full media release from BioAmber Inc., and the news release from Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade here.
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