BIO congratulates Gevo on successful plant startup.
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James C. Greenwood, President and CEO of BIO, attended ribbon cutting ceremony of Gevo’s new demonstration-scale biorefinery in Silsbee, Texas. According to Greenwood, Gevo's refinery is showing the role that industrial biotech can play in a renaissance in America’s chemical industry. It is showing how American companies can compete and capture more of their share of the $2.4 trillion global clean energy market and the $3.7 trillion global chemicals market.
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BIO Congratulates Gevo on Successful Plant Startup
WASHINGTON --James C. Greenwood, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), today attended the ribbon cutting ceremony of Gevo’s new demonstration-scale biorefinery in Silsbee, Texas, and issued the following statement:
“Gevo’s new biorefinery is showing us the role that industrial biotech can play in a renaissance in America’s chemical industry. It is showing us how American companies can compete and capture more of our share of the $2.4 trillion global clean energy market and the $3.7 trillion global chemicals market.”
“Industrial biotechnology companies such as Gevo show the true scope and reach of American innovation and ingenuity. After you visit these companies, after you see how entrepreneurs like Gevo CEO Pat Gruber and his team are strengthening and revitalizing American manufacturing, it’s hard not to be bullish about the future of industrial biotech and of our country.
“Looking at this operation, you can see that this industry not only is for real, but also has the potential to help transform our future; to lessen our dependence on foreign petroleum; to help reinvigorate American industry and manufacturing; and to create good-paying American jobs in Silsbee, Texas, and in hard working communities across the country.
“Gevo’s new biorefinery is showing us the role that industrial biotech can play in a renaissance in America’s chemical industry. It is showing us how American companies can compete and capture more of our share of the $2.4 trillion global clean energy market and the $3.7 trillion global chemicals market.”
About BIO
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world. BIO produces BIOtechNOW, an online portal and monthly newsletter chronicling “innovations transforming our world.” Subscribe to BIOtechNOW.
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