BusinessBriefs John Campbell, a former Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture and a highly regarded 35-year veteran of renewable energy, agribusiness and policy, has joined Ocean Park Campbell Advisors, a corporate finance advisory firm. Based in Los Angeles, OPA is a leading advisor to biofuels and other agribusiness companies. Campbell will serve as managing director based in Omaha, Neb. His duties will be to broaden the company’s relationships, develop new business and help execute transactions. Campbell spent 21 years with Ag Processing Inc. (AGP) where he was an executive vice president responsible for leading the industrial products division. He is credited as being one of the driving forces behind the creation of the U.S. biodiesel industry. Under Campbell’s leadership, AGP constructed the first commercial-scale biodiesel plant in North America followed by numerous other expansions, projects and acquisitions.
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WMG Services. Phibro Ethanol Performance Group is the exclusive marketer of Lactrol antimicrobial to the ethanol industry and HDI has been partnered with Phibro for commercializing the SPR to enhance yield.
Hydro Dynamics Inc. of Rome, Ga., announced that complete biodiesel plants incorporating its cavitation-based ShockWave Power Reactor are now available for the ethanol industry. In order to offer ethanol plants a seamless “bolt-on biodiesel” solution, HDI is expanding its existing relationships with World Energy of Boston and Phibro Ethanol Performance Group of Teaneck, N.J. HDI previously partnered with World Energy’s WMG Services business unit for sale of the SPR to the biodiesel industry. This new venture expands the cooperative offering to include not only the SPR, but complete plants designed by
Evonik Industries is investing in the Northville, Mich.-based algae technology startup, Algal Scientific Corp. Evonik is part of an investors’ consortium that is investing more than $3 million in a Series A financing round. Under the trade name Algamune, ASC markets 1,3-β-glucan, a polysaccharide that strengthens immune response. It is used as an additive in animal feeds and as a nutritional supplement, as well as in pharmaceutical formulations. According to Evonik, this is the first time it has been possible to obtain β-glucan from algae on an industrial scale. ASC has developed a new
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