STATE'S 1ST BIODIESEL PLANT WILL CLOSE
Friday, June 5th, 2009 -- 2:45 PM
Just two years after going online, the Sanimax Energy plant in DeForest is temporarily shutting down its biodiesel production facilities.According to [i]Wisconsin Ag Connection[/i], the company announced this week they are laying off about two-thirds of its 30 employees that work in the biodiesel wing of the factory. The operation will continue to pick up and process restaurant grease, which they had been using as a raw ingredient in the production of its biofuel. That division employs around 80 workers.
A spokesperson for the Canadian-based Sanimax, which has 24 locations across the continent and three other facilities in Wisconsin, says the closing is attributed to the economy. The firm did not release a possible re-opening date.
Sanimax began construction of its 15,000 square-foot plant in early 2006. Sanimax was using a patented multi-feedstock technology to transform recycled cooking grease, rendered animal fats and vegetable oils into biodiesel fuel.
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