FBRI Partners - Red Shield Acquisition, LLC. formerly Red Shield Environmental
Red Shield’s manager discuss the Old Town pulp mill’s collaboration with FBRI.
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Old Town: Red Shield Makes Biorefinery Plans
“‘We’ve done the preliminary engineering, process design, equipment layouts and staffing needs to implement a biorefinery here at Old Town,’” Jennifer Johnston, Red Shield project engineer, said Monday. The partnership between Red Shield and the University of Maine would produce ethanol, a gasoline additive, and other chemicals as part of the pulp production process.
“We will be diversifying from being just a pulp facility to a biorefinery and special-chemicals producer,’ Johnston said….’The biorefinery at Red Shield Environmental LLC, formerly the Georgia-Pacific Corp. mill, could be up and running in 2009 if everything goes as planned.’” Bangor Daily News, 8/21/07
Governor Baldacci Announces More Jobs at Old Town Mill Site“… this is still just the beginning,” Governor Baldacci said. “Today’s announcement marks the start of a long-term relationship with the University of Maine. We are not only restarting the pulp mill, but today we are announcing a partnership where this facility will be using new patented technology from the University of Maine’s Chemical Engineering Department.”
