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Plasco forms R&D partnership - Plasco Energy Group Inc and Lowe, Gravelle & Associates form Plasco LG Research and Development Services Inc.

Posted on: Thursday, 5 February 2009, 10:20 CST

OTTAWA, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ - Plasco Energy Group Inc. ("Plasco") of Ottawa and Lowe, Gravelle & Associates Inc ("LG&A") of Cornwall announced today the formation of Plasco LG Research and Development Services Inc. ("Plasco LG"). Plasco LG will provide research and development services to support Plasco's ongoing investment to improve and broaden the application of its Conversion System.

The partnership will strengthen Plasco's already world-leading engineering and design capabilities as the company readies to deploy its first fully commercial plants in Ottawa, Ontario and Red Deer, Alberta, as well as future plant assembly facilities.

"LG&A has played an important role in the engineering of the Plasco technology for commercial deployment," said Plasco Vice-President of Engineering, Marc Bacon. "We are thrilled to secure LG&A's world-class expertise and capacity as we move forward with our commercial installations."

"We have always been excited to be contributing to the Plasco technology", said Jim Lowe President of Lowe, Gravelle and Associates. "Formalizing this partnership ensures that we continue to provide invaluable input towards the commercial deployment of a technology the world very much needs."

About Plasco Energy Group Inc.

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Plasco Energy Group Inc. (Plasco) is an Ottawa-based private Canadian company. Plasco and its predecessor RCL Plasma, Inc. have operated plasma based R&D and test facilities in Ottawa and Spain for more than a decade. The Plasco Trail Road facility is a full scale demonstration plant using Plasco proprietary technologies. This project has been supported by a contribution from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, a not-for-profit corporation created by the Government of Canada It has also been supported by a loan from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation under its Innovation Demonstration Fund, and the provision at nominal cost of the site and supply of waste during the demonstration period by the City of Ottawa.

About Lowe, Gravelle & Associates

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Lowe, Gravelle and Associates Inc. is an interactive project management and engineering design group providing a wide range of services in both Canada and the United States. The Canadian company was incorporated in 1996 and is located in the City of Cornwall. The company offers the right balance of engineering disciplines to meet client requirements. LG&A are experienced competent engineers, designers and CAD operators.

SOURCE Plasco Energy Group

Source: PR Newswire

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