New economy jobs, clean energy, innovating technology. Yeah, public officials must have had companies like Clean Emission Fluids in mind when they talk about reinventing the state's economy.
The Grosse Pointe-based firm has just set up its first bio-diesel pump in Detroit's TechTown, and now has four employees with expectations of creating 30 new jobs in the future. Not too shabby for a start-up initially run out of a garage. Now, where have we heard that story before?
"We are looking to grow and we want to do it in Michigan first and foremost," says David Shaw, a co-founder of the company with Oliver Baer and two other anonymous investors.
The company makes bio-diesel gas pumps that allows customers to mix different types of bio-diesel, whether it's corn-made or white grease, B5 or B100. The idea is the pump will allow gas stations to cut down on the additional infrastructure needed to sell bio-fuel (Ie. numerous tanks or pumps).
The first, of what the company hopes will be many pumps, has recently been installed on the NextEnergy campus in TechTown near Wayne State University. The pumps are turn-key usable with prices starting at just under $20,000 each.
"Our units will blend the high-quality bio-diesel consumers desire but it will make blends that will help the environment," Shaw says.
The company formed early last year to help address environmental issues and give businesses a way to deal with rising diesel fuel-quality standards. The firm also plans to expand into diesel exhaust fluids in the near future.
Source: David Shaw, co-founder of Clean Emission Fuels
Writer: Jon Zemke
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