Elevance Announces Acquisition of Delta BioFuels Facility in Natchez

June 7, 2011

Company to expand facility, create 165 full-time jobs

Governor Haley Barbour and officials from Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc., creator of high-performance renewable specialty chemicals for use in personal care products, detergents, plastics and lubricants, announced recently the company has acquired Delta BioFuels’ facility in Natchez, Miss., in Adams County. The company intends to convert the 800,000-square-foot facility to a biorefinery in a multi-phase project that will involve a corporate investment of more than $226 million and will create a total of 165 new jobs over the next five years.