PORTLAND, OREGON — (Marketwire) — 10/02/12 — , the first company to convert difficult-to-recycle waste plastic into synthetic crude oil, today announced it was named in the prestigious , produced by the , a leading global research and advisory firm focused on innovation in energy and the environment.
The Global Cleantech 100 list highlights the promise of private clean technology companies from all around the world, focusing on those companies which the players in the market feel are currently the most likely to make the most significant market impact over the next 5-10 years. 8,285 companies were nominated this year from 85 countries. These companies were weighted and scored to create a short list of 236 companies presented to the expert panel for final input. The end result was 100 companies from 13 countries.
“It is an honor for Agilyx to once again make it to the Global Cleantech 100 list,” said Chris Ulum, President of Agilyx. “It is a testament that we are making significant inroads in the clean tech space and our unique technology embodies innovation while providing a solution to one of the most pressing environmental issues today.”
What distinguishes Agilyx as an alternative energy company is their cutting edge patented processing system, capable of reducing 10 tonnes of plastic waste from landfills per day. To ensure their practices are sustainable, the company has developed an Environmental Control Device that filters out any hazardous gasses from the air. The result of this process is valuable crude oil ready for the refinery and extracted without causing environmental damage.
“The 2012 Global Cleantech 100 is markedly different in its composition to that of 2009, our first edition,” said Richard Youngman, Cleantech Group Managing Director. “As such, it is a strong statement of how the collective market opinion has shifted as to what type of companies are the most likely to have significant market impact in a 5-10 year timeframe.”
The full report of the Global Cleantech 100 list is available at .
About Agilyx
Agilyx is an alternative energy company – the first in the world to economically convert difficult-to-recycle waste plastics into crude oil through a patented system that is scalable, versatile, and environmentally beneficial. Applying its proprietary technology, Agilyx reduces plastic waste normally destined for landfills, produces refinery-ready crude oil, and creates community and local jobs with its small-scale, distributed waste management and energy production approach. The company–s affordable, modular systems are sold to industrial and municipal waste plastic generators and aggregators looking to reduce disposal-related costs and increase plastics-associated revenues – all while meeting challenging environmental standards, curbing the need for new landfills, and extracting the often-unused and untapped energy contained within waste plastic. Agilyx has the only known refinery off-take agreement in the industry and currently ships crude oil from its showcase facility in Tigard, Oregon to a refinery in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. For more information, please visit .
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