Tekron Inc. Initiates Two Pilot Plants for $US 5.0M, in Barbados and Canada
Monday August 30, 6:30 am ET

LONDON & ONTARIO, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2004--Tekron Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TKRN - News; Berlin: TKRN.BE - News) is pleased to announce that Tekron Inc. of London, Ontario has structured and is in the process of implementing the construction of two pilot plants, utilizing sugar cane biomass for a total cost of $US 5.0 million. Based on the feasibility study, in progress, assigned to Vydexa Industrials Corporation of London, Ontario, Tekron is in a position to finance and implement the core of the recommendations from the cited feasibility study that is directed to creating new, value-added products, based on sugar cane residues and biomass. The sugar cane biomass shall be used as a substrate to produce biosurfactants to be applied to soil for the purpose of remediating and cleaning the soil matrix that has been contaminated with organic and inorganic toxins. The technology has direct application in the clean-up of petroleum laden soils and a variety of contaminated soils found on industrial sites.