Methes Energies Sells Its Sombra, Ontario Facility for $4.5 Million

Published: June 20, 2016 |

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Methes Energies International Ltd. has closed on the sale of its biodiesel facility, including the two Denami 3000™, located in Sombra, Ontario, for USD$4.5M to BIOX Corporation. Over the next few months Methes, acting as consultant, will assist BIOX in restarting the facility. The sale provides Methes with the working capital required to move forward with its other lines of business.

Due to, among other things, market conditions, the Sombra facility had been idle for the last 18 months. For the company, this transaction greatly reduces monthly expenses, allows the mortgage on the Sombra facility to be paid in full (approximately USD$1M ) and leaves the company in a comfortable cash position with minimal fixed monthly expenses.

Moving forward, the company will focus on the sale of its Denami™ processors and its technology portfolio including its innovative PP-MEC™ pre-treatment system as well as the production of natural polyols. The company is currently working with several potential clients that have shown strong interest in its biodiesel processors and the PP-MEC™ pre-treatment system.

The company has also provided an update about the project in Havelock, Ontario with Drain Bros. Commissioning of the Denami 600™ and the PP-MEC™ pre-treatment system should start in a few weeks and as soon as Drain Bros completes its final phase of upgrades to its facility. One final payment is due from Drain Bros in the amount of CDN$25,000 and payable 12 months after commissioning of its facility.

“I want to thank and congratulate Alan and his team at BIOX. We have a great relationship and I’m confident that they will do well in Sombra. Moving forward, we’ll be focusing more on our technology portfolio and the production of natural polyols. We have been quiet over the last several months but busy and that will soon show with some exciting project announcements,” said Michel G. Laporte, CEO of Methes.

About Methes Energies International Ltd.
Methes Energies International Ltd. is a renewable energy company that offers a variety of products and services to biodiesel and ethanol fuel producers. Methes owns a unique technology portfolio which includes biodiesel processors (Denami 600™ and Denami 3000™) that are truly compact, fully automated state-of-the-art and continuous flow that can run on a wide variety of feedstocks as well as a complete innovative located pre-treatment solution (PP-MEC™ system) for biodiesel feedstocks including corn oil. Among its services are selling commodities to its network of biodiesel producers, selling their biodiesel production and providing clients with proprietary software to operate and control their processors. Methes also remotely monitors the quality and characteristics of its clients’ production, upgrades and repairs their processors and advises clients on adjusting their processes to use varying feedstock to improve the quality of their biodiesel.

To stop by Methes’ website, CLICK HERE

About BIOX Corporation
BIOX is a renewable energy company that owns and operates a 67 million liter per year continuous flow biodiesel production facility in Hamilton, Ontario. BIOX has an innovative, proprietary and patented production process that is capable of producing the highest quality, renewable, clean burning and biodegradable biodiesel fuel utilizing a variety of feedstocks — from pure seed oils to animal fats to recovered vegetable oils with no change to the production process. BIOX’s high quality biodiesel fuel meets North American (ASTM D-6751) quality standards.

To stop by BIOX’s website, CLICK HERE

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