Biodiesel offering set to expand

Alfa Laval AB has acquired the remaining shares in Swedish biodiesel company Ageratec AB which will be fully integrated into the Alfa Laval group over the coming months and will be located as an application centre specialising in the biodiesel market in Norrkoping, Sweden.

According to Alfa Laval, the integration of Ageratec strengthens its overall position within the biodiesel industry. There are synergies between Ageratec's skid mounted turn-key biodiesel plants and Alfa Laval's pre-treatment process technologies developed for biodiesel.

Ageratec is a leading technology provider of modular biodiesel plants ranging in capacity from 2.000 to 340.000L/day, producing ASTM or EN compliant biodiesel. Feed-stocks for biodiesel include a range of fats and oils, with a clear focus on inedible feed-stocks having a high fatty acid content (up to 100% FFA).