N-Viro International Set to Begin Operations in China
Nicholson stated: "We have contracted with ESSON Technology, Inc., which has introduced N-Viro to the city of Yantai in the northeastern region of The People's Republic of China. The facility will be a traditional N-Viro organic pasteurization plant with equipment manufactured by CemenTech, Inc., of Indianola, Iowa. The equipment will be shipped from the U.S. in late September with production scheduled to begin before the end of the year."
Mr. Michael Wang, Director of ESSON, called the N-Viro process, "A remarkable sludge treatment technology."
Nicholson added: "We are delighted with our reception in Mainland China, and we are optimistic for growth since the use of mineral byproducts is of great benefit both economically and environmentally in China. Soil erosion and arable-land degradation has decimated more than one-third of the available land in Mainland China. We anticipate N-Viro Soil(TM) being used to help reclaim these lands."
Shangdong Capital Investment Corporation (SDCIC) will operate the biosolids treatment facilities in Yantai. Ms. Lian Fang, President of SDCIC, is optimistic about expanded operations in China.
"After a wide investigation, we have found that N-Viro technology is the most reliable and economic way to have sludge well treated. SDCIC will give its full support to using this technology to solve the sludge treatment problems in China," Ms. Lian said. "SDCIC plans to market the finished N-Viro Soil as a landscaping material."
The current topsoil and landscaping material market in China is vastly under supplied and in need of a quality soil product. SDCIC anticipates N-Viro Soil will help fill that void.
The City of Yantai evaluated many different biosolids treatment technologies and determined that N-Viro technology was their best option. Mr. Hou Cunxing, Yantai Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager, and Mr. Wang Guihe, Plant Director stated: "We have visited many facilities in the United States. We are satisfied with the performance of the N-Viro technology, and we think that this technology can solve our sludge treatment problems." Operations are slated to begin in December of this year.
According to Nicholson, N-Viro's Chairman: "For the last few years developments in the Pacific area have been restrained by the Far East's economic slowdown. However, the international market is opening to N-Viro because of the movement to Class A sludge treatment technologies to achieve total pathogen pasteurization; the availability of funds for both human and environmental protection; the value of the N-Viro Soil product, particularly for nematode suppression; and the recognition that private contractors are introducing cost-effective rather than capital-intense options. Simply, 'sludge-to-product' utilization is gaining attention at a rapid pace, and we intend to be active players."
N-Viro International Corporation develops and licenses its technology to municipalities and private companies. N-Viro's patented processes use lime and/or mineral-rich, combustion byproducts to treat, pasteurize, immobilize and convert wastewater sludge and other bio-organic wastes into biomineral agricultural and soil-enrichment products with real market value. More information about N-Viro International can be obtained by contacting the office or on the Internet at http://www.nviro.com or by e-mail inquiry to info@nviro.com .
The Company cautions that words used in this document such as "expects," "anticipates," "believes" and "may," as well as similar words and expressions used herein, identify and refer to statements describing events that may or may not occur in the future. These forward-looking statements and the matters to which they refer are subject to considerable uncertainty that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein. For example, while the Company believes that trends in sludge treatment are moving in favor of the Company's technology, such trends may not continue or may never result in increased sales or profits to the Company because of the availability of competing processes.