Amyris, Inc. and Sao Martinho Announce Construction Manager Selection and Start of Site Preparation for Joint Venture Industrial Plant

EMERYVILLE, Calif. & SÃO PAULO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRS) and Grupo São Martinho (SA:SMTO3) today announced that they had contracted with a construction manager for their joint venture industrial plant and that they are commencing preparation of the construction site for the plant. The parties established their joint venture, SMA Indústria Química S.A., in April 2010 to create the first facility fully dedicated to the production of Amyris renewable products. The joint venture plant is located at Usina São Martinho, the largest-scale site for sugarcane processing in the world at approximately 8.5 million tons of annual crush, located in Pradópolis, São Paulo state. The project is on track and is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2012.