Press Release
IEG Italia s.r.l. announces that a General Cooperation Agreement has been signed with Snamprogetti SpA (ENI Group) for their clients in Italy.
Under the agreement IEG and Snamprogetti will jointly promote and implement IEG's innovative portfolio of in situ soil and groundwater remediation technologies.
Ernst Bartsch of IEG Italia s.r.l. comments: "We believe that this partnership with Snamprogetti is an important milestone. Snamprogetti's in-depth market knowledge and
project management skills combined with our portfolio of in situ treatment technologies represent an innovative and attractive offer in the Italian remediation market."
Published June 14, 2007
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IEG Technologies UK Limited announces the signing of a worldwide exclusive licence for the development, marketing and sales of a revolutionary soil remediation amendment system
which enables a wide range of plants to be grown in hostile and toxic environments such as metalliferous and coal mine waste sites.
The patented technology, which has been developed by Dr. Prof. Peter J. Leggo at The University of Cambridge, combines recycled organic waste with a natural mineral producing a powerful and wholly
natural biologically driven slow-realease fertiliser which provides essential plant nutrients on demand whilst protecting plant roots from the toxic effect of contaminants.
Steve Forster of IEG comments: "The unique properties of the system allow plants such as willow to grow on contaminated substrates that would not otherwise support healthy and sustained plant growth,
providing an invaluable tool for the stabilisation of hazardous sites. We see enormous potential for the application of the technology for the greening of derelict and unproductive land, reducing
the environmental impact from run-off and soil erosion whilst simultaneously offering the potential for the production of sustainable commercial bioenergy plantations."
In a seperate announcement, IEG also announces its sponsorship of a three year research project entitled "Performance of bio-energy crops grown in contaminated soils: role of
organic amendments on soil-microbial-plant interactions". The project, funded by EPSRC and co-sponsored by IEG and commercial partner, AIM-listed waste recycling company, Bioganix PLC, will be
carried out at Cranfield University's School of Applied Sciences' Silsoe Campus. It will seek to provide further detailed data on the efficiency of the soil remediation amendment system
developed by Dr. Prof. Leggo and the microbiological processes that underpin it. Published August 1, 2007
