DynaMotive Appoints New Technology Team
22 February 2000
DynaMotive Technologies Appoints New Technology Team to Design and Build Commercial BioOil Production Facilities
VANCOUVER, Feb. 22 -- DynaMotive Technologies Corporation
(OTC Bulletin Board: DYMTF) announced that it has assembled a highly
experienced new Technology Group to enable the Company to design and build
commercial sized BioOil production plants in its key markets in North America,
Europe, Asia and South America over the next five years. The team will also
provide technical support and expertise to DynaMotive's operating companies
around the world while continuing to further develop the Company's BioOil
technology and applications.
Headed by newly appointed Chief Technology Officer Keith W. Morris, the
multidisciplinary team includes senior project, chemical and process control
engineers, research scientists and plant operations specialists. In addition
Resource Transforms International Ltd. (RTI), from whom DynaMotive recently
purchased the worldwide patent rights to its BioOil production technology,
will continue to work with the Technology Group in a consulting role. They
will also continue their efforts in developing new BioOil derivative products.
"Over the past year, DynaMotive has demonstrated to the international
renewable energy community that its pyrolysis process produces a consistently
high quality BioOil," said CTO Keith Morris who is also Vice President,
Engineering. "In addition, our pyrolysis technology has the highest mass
conversion rate of feedstock to BioOil using equipment with features that are
easily scalable to commercial plant size."
Commenting on the new technology team, DynaMotive's President and CEO
Andrew Kingston said, "DynaMotive is very fortunate to have attracted such a
high calibre of professional engineers and scientists who will play a pivotal
role in scaling up our BioOil technology. We recognize that we must get our
BioOil into the marketplace as quickly as possible and believe this team
provides the technical know how and practical industrial experience to help us
accomplish our business objectives."
DynaMotive's BioOil Technology Group is structured in two divisions. The
Engineering Division, headed by W.L. Johnson, comprises a team of process
control, mechanical and chemical process engineers possessing extensive
experience with industrial plant design. This group will be responsible for
the BioOil plant project design, scale up, construction and commissioning. The
R&D Division, headed by Dr. J.A. Barynin, includes a team of analytical
scientists and plant operation specialists who will be responsible for BioOil
product development and pilot plant process improvements.
DynaMotive Technologies is a world leader in the development of BioOil
clean fuels for "green" power generation. BioOil is produced using a unique
waste-to-energy technology that converts low value biomass wastes into a
liquid fuel used in gas turbines and diesel engines. Unlike fossil fuels,
BioOil is renewable, clean burning, low in emissions, greenhouse gas neutral
and can be produced economically from biomass wastes.
Leaders of the BioOil Technology Group include:
Keith W. Morris, P.Eng. - Chief Technology Officer and Vice President,
Engineering
Mr. Morris joined DynaMotive as VP, Engineering in 1998 and was
appointed CTO in January 2000. He is responsible for the Company's R&D program
relating to BioOil technology and all engineering design and operations
related to scale up of the BioOil production facilities. Before joining
DynaMotive, he worked for 25 years in the domestic and international power
generation industry, primarily with ABB Power Generation where he was head of
boiler design engineering. He is a Professional Engineer and holds a B.Sc. in
Engineering Physics from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario.
Warren L. Johnson, P.Eng. - Director, Engineering
Mr. Johnson leads the BioOil design engineering and construction group.
Before joining DynaMotive, he worked for 18 years in the domestic and
international chemical, pulp & paper and environmental industries in process
design, design and construction management, new technology development and
commercialization, start-up, operations and safety. His recent responsibility
included technology development and commercialization as VP Engineering at
Conor Pacific Environmental Technologies Inc. He is a Professional Engineer
and holds a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta.
Dr. Jan A. Barynin, Ph.D., P.Eng. - Director, Research & Development
Dr. Barynin heads the BioOil R&D group. He has 30 years experience in the
steam and power generating industry -- 20 years with major North American
boiler manufacturers including Babcock & Wilcox and 10 years in the
engineering consulting field, namely with H.A. Simons where he worked on
projects for Syncrude Inc., Suncor Inc., Scott Paper Co., Fletcher Challenge
Canada Ltd. and Weldwood Pulp Mill. He is a Professional Engineer and holds a
PhD. from the University of London (UK) and a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering
from the Royal Technical University of Denmark.
Dr. Desmond Radlein, Ph.D. - President, Resource Transforms International
Ltd. (RTI)
Dr. Radlein is the inventor or co-inventor of ten patents on pyrolysis
and petroleum processing. He received his Ph.D. from the University of
Cambridge, England and was an Associate Research Professor at the Chemical
Engineering Department of the University of Waterloo. In addition to being
President of RTI, he is a member of DynaMotive's Board of Directors.
Forward Looking Statement
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or future economic performance; anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses,
or other financial items; and statements concerning assumptions made or
expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other
matters, are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under the
Federal Securities Laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks,
uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those stored in such statements. Such risks, uncertainties
and factors include, but are not limited to, changes and delays in product
development plans and schedules, customer acceptance of new products, changes
in pricing or other actions by competitors, patents owned by the Company and
its competitors, and general economic conditions, as well as other risks
detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Raymond McAllister Director, Corporate Communications
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