History
ABR initially developed a process for the manufacture of gluconic acid using table sugar as a feedstock, as well as processes for competitively producing fructose, and mannitol, from table sugar.
From using sugar as a feedstock, we have expanded to using cellulosic waste (bagasse) for developing an alternative route to several food additives and industrial chemicals, as well as fly ash waste from sugar mill cogeneration plants as a feedstock for manufacture of environmental and agricultural remediation materials.
In February 2005, we were awarded an Australian Government innovation grant to manufacture by-products from sugar cane in a clean and cost-effective way using electrochemical reactor technology.
In 2007 we were awarded the Australian Business Angels Award for Most Innovative Investment
NSW Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane said "The research and development being done by ABR is likely to position the sugar sector as the first to use electrolytic cell technology for production in the food industry. This technology is already used in areas like minerals processing to recover valuable metals from waste water.“