Feedstocks

Feedstock Flexibility:
Diverse Raw Materials Enables Diverse Geographies and Economics

Core to LS9’s sustainable products platform is the flexibility to use a wide range of renewable feedstocks. These include traditional feedstocks such as sugar cane and corn syrups, waste products such as molasses and glycerin, and emerging feedstocks such as sweet sorghum syrup and the hydrolysates of plant biomass. This capability lies in the unique ability of our proprietary catalysts to efficiently assimilate the C5 and C6 sugars that make up these diverse raw materials. The ability to leverage multiple feedstocks provides strategic advantages including, the option to change feedstock based on economics and availability, the option to scale in diverse geographies leveraging local raw materials, and an ability to avoid competition with food. LS9 is developing global feedstock partnerships to place LS9 products throughout the major target markets, including the United States, Brazil, Europe, and Asia. LS9 has active partnerships with emerging biomass technology providers and is working closely with these partners to combine biomass-to-sugar technology with LS9’s sugar-to-fuel and chemical technologies. Feedstock remains the most significant component to our cost structure, and having the ability to manage this cost across a diverse array of potential raw materials will both reduce costs and volatility. To date, LS9 has demonstrated its technology with following raw material sources:

• Sugar cane (Brazil, Hawaii, Southeast Asia, etc)
• Corn syrup (US, China)
• Sweet sorghum syrup (US, Brazil, Australia, etc)
• Molasses (Brazil, Hawaii, Southeast U.S. and Asia, India)
• Glycerin (US, Brazil, Europe, Southeast Asia, China)
• Biomass hydrolysate (Numerous sources)