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Pro-Act Microbial Inc., a maker of microbial treatment technologies for animal waste, has changed its name to Pro-Act Biotech Inc.
Founded in 2000, Warren, R.I.-based Pro-Act has traditionally focused on the dairy industry, treating waste lagoons and pits with microbes designed to make the waste products more farmer and environmentally friendly. However, as other markets, such as environmental technologies used in the creation and capture of methane gas, have grown, officials wanted a name more indicative of the firm’s environmental biotechnology endeavors.
According to a company statement, the firm will continue to serve its traditional dairy, agriculture and aquaculture customers and markets.
The use of microbes to break down waste products has become an important part of the environmental technology market, with a number of companies working to bring technologies that can help convert wastes into usable fuel, while also ridding the environment of animal waste products. In New Hampshire, for example, Environmental Power Corp.’s Microgy unit has deployed its technology in a number of farm environments in New England and beyond, breaking down animal waste and creating a proprietary natural gas it calls Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).
Other companies, such as Cambridge-based Mascoma Inc. and University of Massachusetts Amherst spinout Qteros Inc. (formerly SunEthanol), are using specialized microbes to help create ethanol and other fuels from non food-based crops, such as switchgrass.
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