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CYCLONIC THERMAL DRYING OF BIOSOLIDS

March 2007  in WATER - Journal of the Australian Water Association

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TECHNOLoGY THAT TURNS ANIMAL WASTE INTO FERTILIZER ENTERS FINAL TEST PHASE

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

D-55 Tempest Drying/Recycling MachineMr. 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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