Lambton College Wins International Awards.

Lambton College, photo by Zach Neal.

From the Sarnia Observer.

Lambton College has earned a pair of international awards for applied research and entrepreneurship.

The college announced Monday it had recently been given the honours – silver in applied research and bronze in entrepreneurship – at the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP) International Awards of Excellence.

Applied research kudos came for demonstrating ‘excellence in addressing real-world challenges,’ a news release from Lambton College says.

Enactus Lambton earned the nod in entrepreneurship for its One Seed Project.

The second annual awards were held Sept. 23-25 in Vitória, Brazil, according to wfcp.org.

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Comet Biorefining Hot for Sarnia-Lambton.

Photo by Riin Tamm, (Wiki.)

From Paul Morden and the Sarnia Observer.


There isn't a better place in the world than Sarnia-Lambton for Comet Biorefining's first commercial plant to extract cellulosic sugars from corn stalks and leaves, and wheat stalks, says the company's founder.

Andrew Richard, founder of the London-based company, spoke Tuesday during a demonstration day held by a new farm co-op established to supply corn stover and wheat straw to Comet's proposed new Sarnia manufacturing plant.

Farmland in Lambton and surrounding areas is “some of the most productive acres you'll find in North America,” Richard said.

And it's near Sarnia where so much of the infrastructure a new industry requires can be found, and where Comet already has industrial customers for its sugar, he said.

“It's a phenomenal place to start from.”

Comet Biorefining plans to have a manufacturing plant built and operating on the TransAlta site in Sarnia by 2018.

Richard said Comet is also likely to move its offices from London to Sarnia, “as we get ready to roll out this first facility.”


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