News Archive
CYCLONIC THERMAL DRYING OF BIOSOLIDS
March 2007 in WATER - Journal of the Australian Water Association
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March 2006 in The Florida Specifier (Bradenton, FL)
From pigs to cattle to chickens and turkeys, animal feeding operations of all kinds may have a new way to manage mounds of waste and turn a pollution problem into a beneficial product.
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ON THE GROW WITH GRRO: CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
Saturday, February 25, 2006 in The Times Citizen (Iowa Falls, IA)
Inventor, entrepreneur and venture capitalist Eldora's Loran Balvanz comprises elements of all three to develop successful businesses. He has done so in the past in Florida and is doing so today in Hardin County.
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GRRO HAS BROUGHT INFLUX OF AMES RESEARCHERS
Friday, February 24, 2006 in The Herald Index (Eldora, IA)
The arrival of Global Resource Recovery Organization's research design and marketing wings in Eldora during the last several months has meant the introduction of a number of new faces to the local scene.
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TEMPEST BREWS IN A HOG LOT
an eldora Inventor Wins a $500,000 u.S. grant to Mass-Produce A Hog
Manure Dryer
Friday, January 13, 2006 in The Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, FL)
An Eldora inventor has received a $500,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to commercialize a machine that removes water and odors from hog manure by spinning the slurry like a tornado.
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USDA TO TEST FERTILIZER SYSTEM
Friday, January 13, 2006 in The Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, FL)
After seven years of research and development local businessman Loran Balvanz and his innovative waste to fertilizer technology caught the attention of the federal government.
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recycler eyeing sludge market
Thursday March 10, 2005 in The Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, FL)
Using technology, local businessman Loran Balvanz is proving you can
put a dollar sign in front of pig waste, feathers, and onion peels.
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tornado technology: environmental experts inspect manure drying system
Friday, November 12, 2004 in Farm News (Fort Dodge, IA)
It's one of those things you don’t see every day--bankers and
government officials clad in dress shirts and ties lining up to stick
their hands in swine manure.
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Tempest technology caught in whirlwind
Posted on Sun, Oct. 31, 2004 in the Des Moines Register article.
The Tempest Drying system is in high demand for hog, ethanol, oil
and other applications. By spinning materials at a high velocity like a
tornado, moisture is pulled from a variety of substances.
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Improvements to Tempest Drying System speeds up process
Eldora/New Providence, Iowa – September 30, 2004
GRRO, Inc.
continues to improve on its Tempest Drying/Recycling technology. Mr.
Loran Balvanz, President/CEO of GRRO announces the filing of a new
patent application that will speed up the process of handling all types
of materials.
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Irish eyes are smiling
Eldora/New Providence, Iowa – September 10, 2004
Mr. Loran Balvanz, President/CEO of GRRO today
announced the shipment of the first D-55 Tempest
Drying/Recycling Machine to the Republic of Ireland, and
begins new design to speed up the handling of all types of processed
materials.
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FIRM TO TURN PIG WASTE INTO PROFIT
Bradenton, FL – January 13, 2004
Loran Balvanz has figured out how to make a silk purse
from a sow's rear. Global
Resource Recovery Organization, headquartered on State Road 70, has
entered into an agreement with Iowa based United Suppliers Inc., to
build a $650,000 swine confinement facility in Hardin County Iowa that
will be like no other.
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