Champagne-Ardenne: the French Biorefinery Belt F Mode, PhD ABLC next – 11/11/2014

Your strategy: Address the Western Europe market Create a European unit with optimal operating range Run a facility with the best operational cost Be visible in the new bioeconomy Welcome to France Champagne-Ardenne is a French leading region for: Farming Biofuels production: » 16% of French capacities » 2 French industrial demonstration units for second generation Wind farms : » First region in 2013 » Over 1.3 GW cumulative capacity Wood heating: » >300 MW installed capacities » Industry and district heating Regional land surface: 2,560,500 ha Over 1,537,000 ha farming land Forest & meadows

Champagne-Ardenne: Abundant feedstock Over 1 million metric tons/year available now for your projects Feedstock Metric T/Y Available Total Annual Production Supply Partners Wood (Forest)500,000 t/y1.7 million t/yUnilin, ONF, FBE (co-op) Grain (Wheat, barley etc.)250,000 t/y+5 million t/yVivescia, Soufflet Straw200,000 t/y2.5 million t/yVivescia, other Co-ops* Sucrose or glucoseTbd+1 million t/yCristal Union, Tereos, Chamtor Alfalfa (dehydrated)Tbd0.7 million t/yDésialis RapeseedTbd1 million t/yVivescia, other Co-ops* PotatoesTbd1 million t/y Parmentine and direct agreements with farmers Total+ 1 million t/y+ 13 million t/y *Acolyance, EMC2, SCARA etc. F Mode – Biorefinery and green chemistry  In the top 3 of French regions for grains, sugar beet, potato and alfalfa production-transformation  Large culture areas with high yields + structured and efficient farming technologies  4 th French region for wood industry (700,000 ha forest areas)

F Mode – Biorefinery and green chemistry A top agro-industry area Sugar refinery Biofuel unit Biomaterials and new intermediates Feeding ing. and energy pellets Over 50 industrial sites and innovation centers: Champagne-Ardenne is a real biorefinery area Grains, proteaginous and potatoes processing Research, development and innovation

Forest Rapeseed Biodiesel: 250 kt Barley Malt: 320 kt Potatoes Starch: 65 kt Sugar: 230 kt Ethanol: 32 kt Wood: 1 Mt - MDF pannels Sugar: 170 kt Ethanol: 120 kt Barley / Corn Malt: 290 kt / Food ing: 120 kt Alfalfa, DDGS, beet pulp Livestock feeding: 1.6 Mt Research: 60 jobs SugarB+Wheat Ethanol: 280 kt Cellulose Ethanol: ca. 15 kt Wheat: 400 kt Glucose, starch Research: 100 jobs Sugar + CO 2 Succinic ac: ca. 3 kt Green ingredients producer for cosmetics CO 2 capture for sodas :120 kt Sugar: 175 kt Wood: 150 kt – insulation Hemp: 40 kt Sugar : 200 kt Grain, beet pulp, oilseed cake Livestock feeding: 0.4 Mt F Mode – Biorefinery and green chemistry 1 h Paris, find most advanced Biorefineries within a 35 miles radius Main Champagne vineyard Wood: 75 kt ->22 kt BTL

Champagne-Ardenne: the best location for you!

The actual advantages of Champagne-Ardenne  A place of choice for a new incoming in a growing market  75% of European GDP within one day truck  A road network without troubles  The annual average gross salary in Champagne-Ardenne is lower of 12 % than the French average  The energy cost (industrial electricity) in France is one of the lowest of the Western Europe.  The Champagne-Ardenne is an important energy production region with ca. 40 TWh/y electricity (3/4th exported) 7 Nord-Pas de Calais PicardieAlsace Paris FlandersBelgium Champagne- Ardenne Operational costs(M€) : wages+ land+ building– grants (formation, direct incentives…) Lower costs than those of neighboring regions:

Easily adress the Western Europe petrochemistry  Petrochemicals and polymers account for about 50% of EU chemicals sales  Output from the EU chemicals industry covers three wide ranges of products: ₋base chemicals ₋specialty chemicals ₋consumer che micals F Mode – Biorefinery and green chemistry Sources : UIC, CEFIC 4% 2% 4% 18 % 4% 9% 9%9% 9%9% 6%6% 6%6% % % Shares in the Western Europe petrochemistry production 7.5 % France = 15% of EU sales (€77 billion/y)  Eight countries account for 90 % of EU chemicals production  Germany remains the largest chemicals producer in Europe, followed by France, Italy and the Netherlands. Together, these four countries generated in 2010, 64 % of EU chemicals sales, valued at €315 billion.

A research network: the Industry and Agro-Resources cluster The goal of the this globally-oriented bioeconomy cluster is to bring together players in research, higher-education, and industry, from the Champagne-Ardenne and Picardie regions, around a common theme: Adding value to non-food plant matter. over last 6 years: 135 R&D and innovation projects financed 1.2 billion € financement from public and private founding (up to 50% grants) 44 global companies 86 SMEs 25 start’ups R&D network: 4 Universities 6 engineering schools 2 private centers 3 demo plants F Mode – Biorefinery and green chemistry

Co-locations opportunities  What you will find:  1 to 15 ha on AFR area: allowing optimal grants and funds  150 to 230 kt/y sugar and/or syrup  Ethanol or oilseed refinery  Grain milling, ethanol and/or oil crushing byproducts… F Mode – Biorefinery and green chemistry Last 5 years in Champagne-Ardenne, o ver 20 international companies signed NDA or MOU :  500+ M€ where invested in bioprocessing  300+ jobs where created For the 5 coming years in Champagne-Ardenne:  +500 M€ expected to be invested  +350 new jobs to be created

Photo credit: Canon-Procéthol 2G Jobs: 1200 direct new jobs Turnover: +950 M€ F Mode – Biorefinery and green chemistry with many others, join the excellence in bioprocessing! New Player 2 New Player 5 New Player 3 New Player 4 Be part, of the biggest Biorefinery CO 2 Your company + 2G biofuels250+ kt:Succinic ac., PLA, PDO PHB, PEF etc kt/y starch & sugars 280 kt/y ethanol 350+ kt/y livestock feeding 2 + Mt/y sugarbeet 1 + Mt/y wheat + straw + wood… Invest : 500 M€ Be one of the next New Players!

Our Solution Find a site where you can rapidly put your process Hire workers with training program supported by local gov. Operate with optimized cost High level for tax exemption, public and private incentives European and global recognition By putting your European unit in Champagne-Ardenne, you will then bring the foundations of your success in this growing and exiting European market Welcome to France

Thank you! Franck MODE Tél. : Headquarter CADev (Champagne-Ardenne Développement) 36, cours Aristide Briand Charleville-Mézières – France Marketing Office CADev (Champagne-Ardenne Développement) 4, rue Gaston Boyer Reims – France