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Paul Maass, President of Commercial Foods for ConAgra Foods, Joins Aurora Algae Board of Directors

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

HAYWARD, Calif.—March 13, 2012— Aurora Algae today announced Paul Maass, president of Commercial Foods for ConAgra Foods, has joined the Aurora Algae Board of Directors. [...]

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Aurora Algae Appoints Paul Angelico as Chief Operating Officer

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

HAYWARD, Calif.—January 26, 2012— Aurora Algae today announced the appointment of Paul Angelico as Chief Operating Officer. Angelico will oversee operations at the Company’s Hayward, [...]

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Aurora Algae Develops New Techniques for Genetic Optimization of Algae

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Enabling Rapid Development of Optimized Strains While Retaining Natural Genetic Purity

HAYWARD, Calif.—December 7, 2011— Aurora Algae is using a novel technique for genetic optimization to create advanced-trait algae strains for product development in the pharmaceutical, [...]

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Aurora Algae Expands Team with Appointments of New Chief Financial Officer and New Senior Vice President of Sales

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

New Executives Prime the Company for Next Stage of Commercial Development

HAYWARD, Calif.—November 29, 2011— Aurora Algae today announced the appointment of two new executives to help drive commercialization of its algae-based platform for sustainable nutraceutical, [...]

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Aurora Algae Selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen Global 200 Winner

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Company Recognized for Creating New Opportunities in Green Technology with Innovative Algae-Based Platform

HAYWARD, Calif.—September 15, 2011— Aurora Algae today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Global 200 winners. Inclusion in [...]

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Aurora Algae Advances Commercial Facility Construction, Achieves Major Project Facilitation Status

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

MWH and John Holland Awarded Initial Engineering Contract for Commercial Facility

HAYWARD, Calif.—June 21, 2011— Aurora Algae today announced it has awarded MWH and John Holland (JH) the initial engineering contract for design and construction of [...]

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Aurora Algae Celebrates Commissioning of New Demonstration Facility and Secures Land Option Agreement for Future 1,500-Acre Facility

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

New Milestones Trigger Approximately $1.7 Million AUD in Additional Grants and Tax Credits; Grand Opening Marked by the Attendance of Key Dignitaries

HAYWARD, Calif. & KARRATHA, Australia—May 4, 2011— Aurora Algae today officially opened its demonstration facility in Karratha, Western Australia, where the Company’s algae-based biomass is [...]

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Aurora Algae A2 Product Portfolio Equals Sustainable Nutrition, Energy and Aquaculture

HAYWARD, Calif. - Monday, April 11th, 2011

Company Announces Availability of A2 Omega-3, Fuel, Protein and Feed Products for Customer Evaluation

Aurora Algae today introduced the A2 product portfolio, a series of natural products derived from its proprietary algae platform. The A2 product portfolio is uniquely [...]

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Aurora Algae Reaches Key Construction and Financing Milestones

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Company Receives Initial Installment of $2 Million AUD Grant; Completes Construction of Australian Demonstration Plant and Build Out of New US Facility Ahead of Schedule

HAYWARD, Calif.—March 1, 2011—Aurora Algae today announced that it has achieved several significant construction and financing milestones in its path toward commercializing its algae-based platform [...]

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Aurora Algae Expands Operations to Perth, Australia

ALAMEDA, Calif. & PERTH, Australia - Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Developer of Algae-Based Platform for Sustainable Products Opens New Regional Headquarters to Oversee First Commercial-Scale Facility in Northwest Australia

Aurora Algae, a producer of high-performance, premium algae-based products, today announced the company is expanding operations with the opening of a new regional headquarters in [...]

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