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Honeywell and AliphaJet Commit to Commercialize

Renewable Drop-in Jet Biofuels at a Dinner Hosted By Former President Jimmy Carter

San Francisco, CA - (Business Wire, November 30, 2011) - At a dinner hosted by President Jimmy Carter with Jack Oswald, CEO of AliphaJet Inc. (www.AliphaJet.com), and Tracey Haslam, Americas vice president, Honeywell Process Solutions (NYSE:HON, www.honeywellprocess.com), the former President endorsed the collaboration of large and small business to commercialize renewable drop-in biofuels.

"I am optimistic about the future of renewable fuels now that breakthrough technologies available from Honeywell and AliphaJet promise to unlock the use of renewable drop-in fuels", said President Carter (www.cartercenter.org). "Efforts like these fulfill the energy policies we launched in the 1970s".

Honeywell will invest engineering services and equipment to accelerate the deployment of AliphaJet's process. AliphaJet will use Honeywell Controls, Instrumentation and Advanced Solutions, including its Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS) and UniSim® process simulators and field instrumentation.

"AliphaJet's ability to produce drop-in jet fuel on a small and widely distributed basis is the perfect complement to our own in-house technologies", said Tracey Haslam, Americas vice president, Honeywell Process Solutions.

"We are very happy that Honeywell has joined our team and is investing in the commercialization of this technology," said Jack Oswald, CEO of AliphaJet. "Honeywell's vote of confidence aligns AliphaJet's and Honeywell's technologies in the lead position in this emerging field."

AliphaJet has developed and demonstrated a highly cost-effective catalytic method for making jet biofuel from renewable products such as plant and animal triglycerides and/or fatty acids. Unlike other smaller scale technologies, the AliphaJet process removes all of the oxygen from the renewable oils without the need for massive amounts of expensive hydrogen gas or co-location at a traditional oil refinery.   The AliphaJet process offers significant CAPEX and OPEX advantages including those obtained by deploying processing plants close to the feedstock sources.

The AliphaJet process can also produce renewable drop-in diesel fuel, gasoline and other hydrocarbon molecules usually derived from fossil fuel oil.

The AliphaJet process can use a variety of renewable oil feedstocks obtained from plants, animal processing or emerging oil production methods such as algae and genetically modified organisms: seeds/vegetables (camelina, pennycress, palm, soy, corn), animal fats (beef, chicken), algae (Sapphire, Solazyme), GMO (Amyris, LS9, Genomatica).

About AliphaJet Inc.

AliphaJet is a collaborative venture between SynGest Inc. (www.SynGest.com) and Unitel Technologies, Inc. (www.uniteltech.com) The development of the AliphaJet process was led by Dr. Ravi Randhava in collaboration with Dr. Paul Ratnasamy at the University of Louisville.

Contact:

AliphaJet Inc.

www.AliphaJet.com

Jack Oswald, +1 415.986.8300

joswald@aliphajet.com

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May 31, 2011 - Voting opens for 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals  

Today, subscribers can begin to cast their ballots for the 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals and Biomaterials, for 2011-12.

Balloting will be open to the registered subscribers of the Biofuels Digest, Biofuels Digest Asia, and Renewable Chemicals Digest e-newsletters, through July 20, 2011 at 5pm EDT.

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Contacts:

Brian Chapman                                                                          Jack Oswald, CEO 602-293-1257                                                                             415-986-8300 

brian.chapman@honeywell.com                                                joswald@syngest.com

Andres Ybarra

952-346-6314

aybarra@webershandwick.com

HONEYWELL AND SYNGEST EXECUTE MEMORADUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR HONEYWELL TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED CONTROL AND AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR PROPOSED BIO-AMMONIA PLANT

SynGest Facility Will Use Honeywell Controls, Instrumentation and Advanced Solutions to Process 400 Tons of Biomass Per Day

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 7, 2011 - Honeywell (NYSE:HON) has been selected to help SynGest Inc. design a proposed first-of-its-kind processing facility that will produce ammonia from biomass. The southwest-Iowa plant will process as much as 400 tons of biomass each day to produce nitrogen fertilizer, which helps reduce fossil fuel emissions and will be sold to U.S. agricultural companies and farms.

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has agreed to provide front-end engineering (FEED) support and a wide range of technology that will comprise the plant's fully integrated control system, including its Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS), UniSim® process simulators and field instrumentation. Additionally, the proposed facility will use a pressure swing adsorption technology developed by Honeywell UOP to purify hydrogen used in the plant's processes.

"HPS is actively engaged in developing breakthroughs in the bio-fuels and bio-chemicals space," said Tracey Haslam, Americas vice president, Honeywell Process Solutions.  "We're investing our products and know-how in SynGest's distributed industrial scale model because it represents the future of biofuels and bioproducts production."

 "Honeywell's unparalleled skills in renewable fuels and bioproducts, and special expertise in automated process design and controls will add enormous value to SynGest's commercial-scale projects once implemented," said SynGest CEO Jack Oswald. "Honeywell's track record of success will help our projects be strong investment opportunities."

Experion is HPS' primary process control and automation platform that helps streamline operations by integrating various subsystems throughout a facility, including process control, safety systems and instrumentation. This approach provides rich information to personnel to help them make the best decisions on the plant floor. Additionally, many facilities around the world use UniSim to make processes more efficient and improve operator skills by testing processes and train operators in offline environments. The UOP technology will purify hydrogen processed in the plant's two-stage gasification system.

Honeywell International (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York, London, and Chicago Stock Exchanges.  For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywellnow.com. Honeywell Process Solutions is part of Honeywell's Automation and Control Solutions group, a global leader in providing product and service solutions that improve efficiency and profitability, support regulatory compliance, and maintain safe, comfortable environments in homes, buildings and industry. For more information about Process Solutions, access www.honeywell.com/ps.

This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of fact, that address activities, events or developments that we or our management intend, expect, project, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's assumptions and assessments in light of past experience and trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other relevant factors. They are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ from those envisaged by our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements are also subject to risks and uncertainties, which can affect our performance in both the near- and long-term. We identify the principal risks and uncertainties that affect our performance in our Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Experion® and UniSim® is a registered trademark of Honeywell International Inc.

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About SynGest: 

SynGest Inc. (www.SynGest.com) is focused on replacing the fossil fuel energy used in agriculture with entirely sustainable and renewable alternatives.  To that end, SynGest is entering commercial deployment of its patent-pending biomass gasification process to produce nitrogen fertilizer (BioAmmonia and BioUrea) from renewable biomass.  The U.S. now imports more than 50% of its nitrogen fertilizer, a $150 billion worldwide market, which accounts for the single largest cost and energy input into agriculture.  The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA with engineering and business development offices near Chicago, IL and Des Moines, IA.  SynGest has entered into strategic relationships with Honeywell Process Solutions (process control and large scale industrial processes), The Weitz Co. (EPC/General Contractor), Unitel Technologies (process engineering), Alion Science and Technology (gasifier optimization).

May 11, 2011 - SynGest Inc. (www.SynGest.com)  was selected as one of the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy: the top 50 in the selectors' poll (2010-11) when ranked by industry insiders. 

50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy: the top 50 in the selectors' poll (2010-11)

"A couple of interesting trends in the selector voting this year. First, we note that the selectors are getting seriously behind drop-in fuels, handing five of the top 6 slots to drop-in fuels developers.

We also noted that a couple of companies did markedly better in selector voting. Enerkem, Virent, Joule, Dynamic Fuels, Bluefire Renewables, SG Biofuels, Fulcrum Bioenergy, KiOR, KL Energy, Inbicon, SynGest, AE Biofuels, Solix and Praj. That's a wide mix of companies - cellulosic ethanol, microbial fermentation, pyrolysis, feedstock companies, systems developers, algae."

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SynGest Receives "Green Shoots" Award

San Francisco, CA - May 9, 2011 - SynGest Inc. received the "Green Shoots" Award at the Sustainable Biofuels Awards in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 23, 2011.  The award was sponsored by PANGEA. 

"The Sustainable Biofuels Awards are designed to encourage, inspire, and reward innovation throughout the biofuels value chain," said Nadim Chaudhry, Managing Director of Green Power Conferences. "Within the biofuels value chain, there are countless initiatives making a huge difference to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting the environment, and enhancing society, and we are committed to recognising those achievements."

"We are thrilled to be recognized in this way for our unique approach to providing renewable energy in the form of nitrogen fertilizer", said Jack Oswald, SynGest's CEO.  "Encouragement such as this will help us achieve making agriculture the first sector of the world economy to become completely fossil fuel independent". 

The winners of the World Biofuels Markets' Sustainable Biofuels Awards were honoured at a gala dinner event during the World Biofuels Markets conference and exhibition. Industry leaders across the biofuels value chain gathered to celebrate and recognise the innovation, excellence and achievement within the biofuels industry. Initiatives which reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect the environment, and enhance society topped the bill.

 
About PANGEA

Established in 2008, PANGEA is a non-profit membership association that promotes sustainable African bioenergy production, investment and policies. Based in Brussels, PANGEA lobbies governments, provides a network for the industry, and shares knowledge on best practices in both the EU and Africa. Its members produce, blend, trade, research and support the development of bioenergy in Africa and beyond.

SynGest Sponsoring the Iowa State Biomass Crop Production Workshop

Thursday, March 17, 2011 in Creston, Iowa  

San Francisco, CA - March 10, 2011 - SynGest Inc. announced that  it is sponsoring the Iowa State University Biomass Crop Production Workshop to be held on Thursday, March 17, 2011 in Creston, Iowa.

Biomass Crop Production Workshop Brochure   

Biomass Crop Production Workshop Facebook Page 

Contact:

Jack Oswald

415-986-8300

joswald@syngest.com 

www.syngest.com 

SYNGEST'S BIOAMMONIA PROJECT COMPLETES AWARD CONTRACT WITH IOWA POWER FUND AND IOWA OFFICE OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

Mini plant will make 150 TPD of nitrogen fertilizer from biomass

San Francisco, CA - (Business Wire) December 13, 2010 - SynGest Inc. announced that the Iowa Power Fund and Iowa Office of Energy Independence have approved an award contract in the amount of $2.5 million for the design and engineering stage of a biomass ammonia facility to be built and operated in Iowa.  One requirement of the contract is evidence that SynGest has raised an additional $3.5 million in new cash equity "The Iowa Power Fund board's intent to support the SynGest project will greatly help to accelerate our efforts to bring this critical technology to market," says Jack Oswald, Chief Executive Officer of SynGest.  "This is a major milestone and an important step forward tor SynGest," adds Oswald.

According to Oswald, of all the biofuels and bioproducts that are currently under consideration, "nitrogen fertilizer represents the most highly leveraged opportunity.  That's because the United States imports more than 60% of the fertilizer used in the country".   Unlike conventional ammonia production methods, the SynGest process does not use any fossil fuel energy.  SynGest's Iowa plant will be the first better-than-100% "green" environmental project of its kind in the world, and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 150%.   As world population increases from 6 billion to 9 billion inhabitants, the need for fossil-fuel-free fertilizer will be critical.  Without this vital commodity, the yield of corn, wheat, rice and other food grains would fall by 50%.

"Even a 20% shortfall in the foreign ammonia supply chain, whether it's accidental or deliberate, will cause serious problems in our food industry and related financial markets," warns Oswald.  "Our SynGest biomass-to-ammonia mini-plant business model will help to mitigate this risk.  We will empower farmers, and make them impervious to external energy forces, while converting agricultural waste into fuel to power the farm and nitrogen fertilizer to replenish the soil."

The bioammonia plant being designed under this project is estimated to eventually create 360 skilled constructions jobs and 40 full-time direct employees.  Purchasing, handling and transportation of the biomass and sales of ammonia, and ancillary support services could generate up to an additional $10 million of new income to the nearby communities.  The plant under design would use 130,000 tons of biomass per year to manufacture 50,000 tons of BioAmmonia annually, enough to fertilize 500,000 acres of nearby Iowa farmland under corn.

Contact:

Jack Oswald

415-986-8300

joswald@syngest.com

www.syngest.com

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SynGest Inc. CEO, Jack Oswald, (www.SynGest.com) was highlighted in the Environmental Entrepreneurs (www.E2.org) 10 Year Anniversary Video.  E2 Anniversary Video

SynGest Inc. CEO, Jack Oswald, has been selected as a Trustee of the University of California, Merced Foundation.  Mr. Oswald was inducted at the most recent board meeting on October 20, 2010, along with Grammy Award winning musician and social media entrepreneur MC Hammer.

Oswald will focus his contributions on the programs and processes related to University research collaboration with the private sector and on streamlining the process of technology transfer and licensing.