OUR COMPANY
BearkerScipio Biofuels Inc. is a privately owned corporation founded in 2008, registered in California, and headquartered in Orange County CA.
From the very beginning, as we developed our company and technology, our motto has been "Go Big or Go Home." With that idea, we have developed the comprehensive, continuous flow technology required to cultivate algae on a large commercial scale for its oil and cellulose.
The fundamental technologies of algae cultivation have been proven in the lab and in the field. The only impediment to a major full scale facility has been the lack of low cost, efficient harvesters that could operate continuously and selectively divert the most oil-saturated algae for processing. Scipio Biofuels has five harvester designs that allow our systems to operate as "factories," selectively harvesting and processing the algae as fast as the solar collector can grow it.
While our primary long term focus is the production of biofuels for the domestic market, our company plans to use our family of core technologies for bioremediation, permanent carbon sequestration, and reducing atmospheric particulates.
OUR CUSTOMERS
Biofuel Refineries: We plan to build company-owned facilities for high volume production of mono-species algae oils for industrial refineries; these refiners will, in turn, convert the oils to biofuels for the transportation industry.
Decentralized Demand: We plan to build smaller scale company-owned facilities to produce algae oils and convert the oils onsite to biofuels for a targeted market. Examples would be a plant to support the fuel requirements of a rural community, an airport, or a larger trucking company.
Military Bases: At Scipio, we consider it a priviledge and a duty to support our armed services. As our country mandates conversion to renewable fuels within the military services, we seek to partner with the DOD to build scaled on-base facilities to produce a variety of algae oils and convert them to the biofuels needed to support that base fully.
Licensees: We welcome offers to license our systems for commercial use within the United States by operators where the application is consistent with our company vision and our need to protect our intellectual property.
Retail: Our system and components were designed for company-owned or licensed facilities and are not available for sale. A complete "Family Size" system is currently in the very early stages of the development process.
OUR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
The foundation of our company is the excellence of our technology which allows us to operate as a continuous flow algae oil "factory." Scipio Biofuels is the only company in the algae-to-biofuel industry that has a comprehensive system for the continuous high volume production of algae oil, from the solar collector thru the algae press. From start to finish, there are no queues or batch processing. We can process the algae as fast as our solar collector can grow it. In addition to this capability, our system has multiple proprietary features to maximize growth of the algae circulating in the solar collector.
While our system was designed to set the standard for optimal growth and yield, it was also designed for cost containment in construction and operation. From our choice of materials and suppliers, to our choice of facility location, and our operations management philosophy, our approach has been to grow as much as possible at the lowest cost possible - while staying true to our vision of the kind of company we want to be and the role we see for ourselves in the biofuel industry.
OUR STRENGTHS
In order to accomplish these results, you have to start with the basics Scipio possesses:
The technology to cultivate algae under optimal conditions that will obtain the maximum growth rate;
The ability to apply world class manufacturing principals to every aspect of the operation for cost containment, from the procurement of raw materials, thru the fabrication of the equipment and construction of facilities; and ultimately
The ability to ensure customer satisfaction by delivering a consistently high quality product in the right volume at the right time as a reliable segment of an integrated supply chain to the final consumer.
We have devised safe, energy efficient ways to make bio-jet fuel, biodiesel, and bio-gasoline at or very near their point of use. Decentralized production of finished fuels is attainable virtually anywhere a few key renewable resources are available. Because the fuel requirements of a given community vary with the seasons, we can provide the specific fuels needed in a given region at any time of year.
The seeds of Scipio Biofuels Inc were planted in 2002 at Lake Elsinore in Southern California. As the Project Engineer for Phycotronics, Matt Snyder worked to create a comprehensive system to bioremediate the polluted and eutrophic lake, in part using a PBR to clean the water of excess nutrients. Growing the algae was the easy part. Removing the algae completely was not possible then but can be accomplished now with current technology. In addition to the system, Matt developed the studies and testing methodology for determining the effectiveness of the bioremediation system, experimental techniques, and equipment.
With the resurgence of the biofuel industry and the emergence of algae as an outstanding source of oil for conversion, Matt realized that the original design was potentially a foundation for a large-scale industrial algae cultivation system. Teaming up with Fran Wells in April 2008, Matt used the concepts from the original system as a starting point and began redesigning the system specifically for the purpose of cultivating massive yields of the key algae species that could be refined into fuels economically and renewably.
Scipio Biofuels was founded in August 2008 and our provisional patent was filed a month later. Using our own financial resources, supplemented in March 2009 with seed funding from stockholders Peter and Sylvia Girgis, our cost-effective comprehensive continuous flow system for cultivating algae is ready to make the jump from operational prototype to full scale commercial development.
Founder, Owner, and Scipio President Matt Snyder has a long history of finding simple solutions to complicated technical problems. From developing test protocols for a malfunctioning medical device to working as an R&D technician on the Airbus fuel tank inerting system, Matt has been examining highly complex systems, designing and testing more effective configurations, and achieving improved results for medical and aerospace companies like B. Braun Pharmaceuticals and Parker Aerospace for over fifteen years. With our primary system design ready for full-scale development, Matt has already started design and cost analysis of our next generation solar collector planned for operational testing during the construction of our first facility. Matt's innate ability to synthesize his knowledge of physics with the practical concerns of design, manufacturing, and cost containment is the heart of Scipio's technical achievement. Matt has redefined the algae farm into an algae factory capable of continuous high speed, high volume flow from introducing algae to the system thru storage of the resulting oils and cake.
After graduating from UCLA, Co-Owner and Scipio Vice President Fran Wells joined Hughes Aircraft Company to learn the business of manufacturing and repairing radar systems. Crediting Hughes with providing the finest practical education in Logistics and system life cycles available, Fran has worked in aerospace for twenty-four years focusing on supply chain management, configuration control, repair operations, material acquisitions, production control, lean manufacturing, purchasing, and contracts as both a specialist and manager. Fran has extensive training and experience with ISO 9001 and AS9100-B as well as SEA, a training and certification program developed by major aerospace companies for their suppliers. From pulling permits and doing bookkeeping for her father´s plumbing company, to Hughes Aircraft, Parker Aerospace, and Western Methods Machinery Corp, Fran has developed a broad range of talents and experience to bring to fruition in Scipio Biofuels.
Our vision for the company is to become a pre-eminent supplier of algae oils and algae-based biofuels in the country within the next five years. We are ambitious and driven to become recognized not only for our low cost, high oil yield and purity, but also for the ethical nature of our company's relationships with our Customers, suppliers, employees, and the communities in which we operate our facilities.
The current generation of biofuel companies and their suppliers has the opportunity to redefine executive and corporate conduct within a young, dynamic and growing industry. At Scipio, we intend to show that a company can achieve greater profitability in this new industry due to operating under the highest standards of corporate behavior. This new standard includes reasonable executive compensation, scrupulous ethics in all business practices, and enhanced compensation for line employees.
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