The TEG Group PLC ("TEG") and UTS Biogastechnik GmbH ("UTS") have entered into a partnership and collaboration agreement to develop Anaerobic Digestion ("AD") facilities in the UK.  The partnership brings together TEG's experience and knowledge of the UK market for organic waste treatment, and TEG's operational experience and agricultural end market experience with UTS's AD technology and expertise in the development of AD facilities in the food waste sector.   

Munich based UTS is a market leader in AD technology with an impressive track record of facilities throughout Europe, having constructed more than 70 turnkey AD plants and supplied equipment into 1,500 AD facilities over a period of 15 years.  Crucially, UTS has a strong record in the development of facilities processing food and catering waste, a feedstock the companies believe will be utilised in many new AD facilities in the UK.

TEG offers the partnership a track record in delivering projects in the Local Authority and waste management sectors in the UK with the engineering and technical expertise to construct, maintain and operate facilities.  TEG is currently constructing its eighth facility and offers the partnership a robust and established project engineering capability.  The UTS technology fits well with the TEG Silo Cage composting technology, allowing the partnership to offer Local Authorities and waste management companies the full range of solutions including TEG Silo Cage In Vessel Composting ("IVC"), UTS AD facilities or combined solutions with both technologies.

Under the terms of the partnership, the companies will work exclusively together in the Local Authority and waste management sector, and with TEG's established private sector clients.  As an established operator in the UK, TEG will lead bids and tenders utilising the UTS technology.  UTS will continue to market directly into other sectors such as agriculture and the general private sector.  TEG will also offer the partnership its engineering, project and operational expertise. 

Commenting for TEG, Chief Executive Mick Fishwick said

"There is a clear emphasis from Central Government on the potential for Anaerobic Digestion as a form of renewable energy, whether as electricity or as a captured methane fuel.   Whilst the technology is relatively new to the UK, with only a handful of AD operators in the organic waste sector, UTS is widely experienced in food waste applications in Europe and TEG believes UTS offers a superior AD technology for this type of waste stream.  Our two companies have a very good cultural fit and we look forward to working with UTS"

"TEG is well established in the organic waste sector and its Silo Cage IVC technology is now the leading technology in the UK.  We believe a partnership with UTS places us in the unique position of being able to offer proven technologies in both IVC and food waste AD.  We have had very positive market feedback on the potential for joint technology solutions, offering renewable energy recovery with the stability of a proven, established IVC composting plant."

Commenting for UTS, Managing Director Ludwig Dinkloh said

"UTS has been following the UK market for some time and is excited about the growing biogas opportunities and the new Government plans to support renewable energies. This has already resulted in 2008 in the formation of our UK subsidiary UTS Biogas Limited, enabling us to service UK customers locally."

"The collaboration with TEG will strengthen our activities further: for us it is an ideal match with a company using complimentary technology and which is already beginning to mobilize in the "waste-to-energy" market and is well recognized by local municipalities and waste management companies.  In return, we bring our extensive biogas experience on multiple plants and various substrates to the table in combination with proprietary technology in pumping, mixing and dosing equipment.  The initial project work by TEG/UTS has proved to be very successful and we are looking forward to the realization of our first ventures together."

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