ACOR and Bio-on sign agreement for the production of PHA bioplastics in Spain
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
A new alliance will strengthen the competitiveness of the sugar sector in
Castile and León (Spain) opening up the way to the production of bioplastics from
sugar beets processing co- and by-products. Sociedad Cooperativa General
Agropecuaria ACOR (cooperative which produces and markets sugar, food oils,
biodiesel, various products for food animal and renewable electric energy in Castile
and León) and Bio-on have signed an
agreement to begin a technical collaboration, the first in Spain, to study and
evaluate the opportunity to exploit at industrial scale the Bio-on technologies
for the production of PHA bioplastics.
Press release: “Production
of PHA bioplastics in Spain strategic agreement between Bio-on and Acor”, 17/12/2018.
Figure 1. Sugar mill of ACOR in Olmedo
In the framework of this agreement, Bio-on grants to ACOR the onerous and
exclusive right to exercise in the coming 24 months an option regarding the
exploitation of the Bio-on technology in the territories of Spain and Portugal
implementing an industrial plant for the production and sale of PHAs
biopolymers. If the plant is built, ACOR could exploit the technology during 20
years. In an Ordinary General Assembly of Delegates of ACOR held on December 5th,
the intention of not exhausting the terms was expressed and, in the event of the
confirmation of the previous feasibility analysis, approving the start of the
works during next year.
The two companies will start working together to
implement a dedicated and tailored feasibility study for the realization of a
PHA industrial plant in the factory of ACOR located in Olmedo. The selection of
this specific production site will guarantee the project to benefit from
synergies, interconnections and common services with the sugar factory, but
without interfering with the production.
