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Good to see major cost reductions!


Company Announcement
New Technology Patent Application
The Directors of Solagran Limited are pleased to announce that Russia’s Federal Agency for
Patents and Trademarks has accepted an application submitted by the company for a
technology patent covering an important breakthrough in the conversion of green biomass
into Bioeffectives® using an advanced extraction process. If awarded, the priority date for
this patent will be 21 February, 2008.
Solagran’s current technology patent is broad in scope. It was granted in 2003. This
additional patent application covers a number of recent technological breakthroughs. It will
entrench Solagran’s already formidable technological leadership position in the field of Forest
Biochemistry, and further strengthen the company’s technological IP.
This invention will deliver four important benefits.
1. It will simplify certain elements of the production process, enabling both water and oil
soluble products to be obtained from the same technological line.
2. It will make greater use of water-based solvent extraction technology leading to
improved economy and safety.
3. It will increase yields and lower conversion costs at current yields. Savings will be
achieved in both energy and solvent consumption. This will enable all of the existing
range of Bioeffectives® to be produced for a lower cost.
4. It will create the opportunity to extract a number of new Bioeffectives® with quite well
defined properties from the same biomass used to obtain the current family of products.
The overall economic impact will be lower production and laboratory operating costs, as well
as less time and cost involved in constructing new Bioeffectives® production facilities. This is
an important breakthrough for the company as it formulates plans for the establishment of
new facilities in Russia, Western Europe, and the Pacific North West.
It is planned that in due course, enhancements arising from this new invention will be
incorporated into the SiBex production facility in Tomsk. The opening ceremony for this
facility is planned for the third week of March and will involve dignitaries from the
administration of Tomsk, Galenopharm, and the St Petersburg Forest Technical Academy.
Solagran will be represented by its Operations Director, Mr Charles Pellegrino.
It is also planned that the new technology will be incorporated into the much larger facility
planned for the Tomsk Special Economic Zone.

The plant is ugly both inside and out......fortunately the products bear no resemblance and are just beautiful.