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University of Montana tech transfer success, Montana Renewables of Missoula to create biomass chemicals.

Missoula’s Don Kiely and his son, Jason, have spent their lives in different settings – one in the chemistry lab and one in the forest – but they are teaming up in a new business venture that combines their passions.

Seeking a clean alternative to fossil fuels, the Kielys are part of a new Missoula-based company, Montana Renewables http://montana-renewables.com , that will start producing green “carbochemicals” this fall.

The biomass chemicals, which are derived from plant material, are designed to be used instead of petroleum-based chemicals in an array of industrial and consumer products.

Montana Renewables will use a refining process patented at the University of Montana to make glucaric acid, a biodegradable compound, from raw sugars in corn syrup.

By JOHN CRAMER of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/06/18/news/local/news03.txt

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