Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH is founded by J. Koeber in 1855. In 1910 the company was renamed HEB  ( Harburger Eisen und Bronze Werk) after a fusion with Harburger Eisenwerke. In the 50s Krupp became the New 100% Shareholder of HEB. The Name changed from HEB to Thyssen Krupp Elastomertechnik GmbH In spring 2005 HF became [...]

Speaker Profile Roger Sheriff has been farming in Zambia for 14 years, primarily oil seed crops and livestock. He has a background on mechanical engineering. He has planted his first Jatropha trials 9 years ago, and has been manufacturing biodiesel for on farm use for 2 years. He joined Jatrafuel in January 2008 joined to [...]

Diligent Energy Systems is an innovative company that produces biofuels from tropical plants: biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas, and bio-ethanol from waste from coffee production in Colombia.  Corporate social responsibility Entrepreneur and founder Ruud van Eck attaches great value to sustainable entrepreneurship according to the principle of the three “P’s”: people; planet; and profit. People – [...]

GreenEnergy (GEV) is Vietnam’s First Mover in commercial jatropha cultivation.  For the last three years GEV has worked closely with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to determine both best practice and best planting material for jatropha cultivation in Vietnam.  GEV is establishing a 100 hectare national center of excellence to complement its [...]

The Global Exchange for Social Investment (GEXSI) is an international organisation that mediates social investments in low-income regions around the world, with the aim to alleviate poverty. GEXSI was originally launched at the World Economic Forum (Davos) in 2001, under the auspices of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. GEXSI’s mission to assist social endeavours [...]

D1 Oils Plc is a biofuels technology company. Our strategy is to develop new energy crops into sustainable commercial fuels. We provide technology and services for the breeding, development, planting and harvesting of new varieties of commercial biofuel crops, focusing on alternative, sustainable feedstocks that are not subject to the same price pressures as food-grade [...]

ESV Group has planted 4000ha of Jatropha and have 2 on-farm Nurseries. We have made good progress in seed selection ,planting , and pruning methods in Jatropha. The farm employs 1000 people and follows FSC and Creamer commission standards.   Speaker Profile Mr Van Rooyen has been doing business in Africa for the past 2 [...]

Wärtsilä enhances the business of our customers by providing them with lifecycle power solutions. When creating better and environmentally compatible technologies, we focus on the marine and energy markets. We provide ship power solutions and flexible power plants with related services to our customers. Through innovative products and services, we set out to be the [...]