Power Knot opens biodigester production facility

Fremont, California-based Power Knot has opened a new 25,000-square-foot facility designed to expand the company’s food biodigester manufacturing capacity. The new facility, which it describes as “located just down the road from the Tesla automobile manufacturing plant,” has access to the international shipping port of Oakland, and “positions Power Knot to meet rapidly growing demand for its award-winning LFC [liquid food composter] biodigester from customers around the world,” says the firm.

“Demand for our LFC biodigester has surged dramatically over the past year, driven by large orders from cruise line operators Costa, Cunard, Disney, Holland America, P&O, and Seabourn, and as well as from large international businesses such as Dubai airport,” says Iain Milnes, president of Power Knot. “Our new Fremont facility is three times the size of our former facility and will allow us easily to meet the growing global demand for our market-leading LFC biodigesters. In addition, we are ramping up production of new, larger models capable of recycling thousands of pounds of waste food per day. Fremont is a great city to work with, and we’re looking forward to taking advantage of the numerous programs available to cleantech manufacturers.”

Power Knot’s new headquarters is in Fremont’s Warm Springs Innovation District, where it joins manufacturing companies including Boston Scientific, Delta Products, Lam Research, Tesla Motors, ThermoFisher, Seagate, Western Digital, plus startups in the cleantech, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing sectors, according to the firm.

“Fremont is home to a growing number of clean tech manufacturers, ranging from electric vehicles to lithium batteries,” said Fremont Mayor Lily Mei at an opening ceremony. “We are very excited to add Power Knot to the list, a company that is helping to address the challenge of global food waste through its pioneering technology. We welcome the Power Knot team to Fremont and wish them great success here.”