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Company to make chemicals from maize cobs

Maize cob factory

A local investor has set up a manufacturing company that will use maize cobs as raw material to produce various chemicals for industrial use.

Bio-Corn Products EPZ, a subsidiary of Nairobi-based manufacturing firm ISONS Group, is set to produce a specialty chemical known as furfural, which is used as a solvent in refining of lubricating oils, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, resins and plastics.

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