History

American Process Inc., (API) was founded by Theodora Retsina in 1995 as an engineering consulting company in the forest products industry.

Since then, API has completed over 500 energy integration studies and projects within the industry and identified annual energy savings opportunities of billions of dollars.

API has an experienced management team that has been working together for a decade.

The team has 100 years of collective background in biomass chemistry and fractionation, energy integration, energy production and conservation, and project execution and operations. This expertise covers the biotechnology, pulp and paper, and energy sectors.

In 2006 API began to self-fund R&D on biomass-derived sugar technology. The company has successfully developed two technologies for biomass-derived cellulosic sugar and ethanol, GreenPower+™ and AVAP™.

In 2011, API created a separate company, AVAPCO, to Commercialize the AVAP™ technology.

GreenPower+™

Commercialization of GreenPower+™ is underway with construction of the company’s Alpena Biorefinery in Michigan. The Alpena Biorefinery will begin production during the second quarter of 2012.