Abengoa Bioenergy Corp. Doubles Size Of Chesterfield Headquarters

St. Louis Commerce Magazine, Nov 2007 by Johnson, Lauri

Booming demand for ethanol has biofuel producer Abengoa Bioenergy Corp. doubling the size of its U.S. headquarters at Chesterfield Village in Chesterfield, Mo. A division of Abengoa S.A., Abengoa Bioenergy will tease more than 30,000 square feet of space in Central Park Square Office I when it is completed in 2008. Based in Seville, Spain, Abengoa is the second-largest producer of ethanol in the world, according to the company.

"World demand for ethanol continues to propel unprecedented growth in our business," stated Javier Salgado, president and CEO of Abengoa Bioenergy. The need for energy independence has combined with the environmentally-friendly aspects of ethanol to spur development of ethanol facilities. This month, we will open our fourth ethanol plant in the U.S. We also have four additional plants in various stages of development in the U.S., and similar numbers in operation and development in Europe."

Abengoa Bioenergy moved to Chesterfield Village in 2002 from Wichita, Kan., and currently employs approximately 75 people in St. Louis with plans to hire as many as 50 new employees in the near future.