Gevo, Inc. Opens Biorefinery for Fully Renewable Paraxylene

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 26, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gevo, Inc. (Nasdaq:GEVO), the world's only commercial producer of bio-isobutanol, today held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its demonstration-scale paraxylene plant in Silsbee, Texas. The paraxylene facility is located adjacent to Gevo's existing jet fuel plant in Silsbee, and establishes the site as a biorefinery that will serve the renewable chemicals and true drop-in biofuels markets. Congressman Steve Stockman, Mike Schultheis, Principal Engineer Sustainable Packaging Global R&D of The Coca-Cola Company, James C. Greenwood, CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), and Simon Upfill-Brown, President of South Hampton Resources were on hand to deliver remarks and participate in the grand opening.

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