PEKIN, Ill., Dec. 19, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AVR), a leading producer, marketer and end-to-end supplier of ethanol, today announced that it has added a new marketing alliance partner, Redfield Energy, LLC, to its growing marketing alliance network. Aventine will market all of the ethanol produced by Redfield Energy at its Redfield, SD facility.
The new Redfield Energy plant will produce 60 million gallons of ethanol annually, and will be built on a 129 acre site approximately two miles north of Redfield, SD. Completion is expected at the end of March 2007.
Redfield Energy would be the newest member of the Aventine marketing alliance. Aventine's own existing ethanol production, along with that of its other alliance partners, currently totals 670 million gallons of ethanol.
Ron Miller, Aventine's President and Chief Executive Officer said, "We are pleased to announce the addition of Redfield Energy to our marketing alliance. Our growing marketing alliance network helps us in furthering our goal of being the premier end to end supplier of ethanol in the country."
About Aventine
Aventine is a leading producer, marketer and end to end distributor of ethanol in the United States. Aventine produces, markets and distributes ethanol to leading energy companies. In addition to ethanol, it is also a producer of corn gluten feed, corn germ and brewers' yeast.
Internet address is www.aventinerei.com.
Forward Looking Statements
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* Changes in or elimination of laws, tariffs, trade or other
controls or enforcement practices such as:
* National, state or local energy policy;
* Federal ethanol tax incentives;
* Regulation currently under consideration pursuant to the
passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which contains a
renewable fuel standard and other legislation mandating the
usage of ethanol or other oxygenate additives;
* State and federal regulation restricting or banning the use
of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether;
* Environmental laws and regulations applicable to Aventine's
operations and the enforcement thereof;
* Changes in weather and general economic conditions;
* Overcapacity within the ethanol and petroleum refining industries;
* Total United States consumption of gasoline;
* Availability and costs of products and raw materials,
particularly corn, coal and natural gas;
* Labor relations;
* Fluctuations in petroleum prices;
* Aventine's or its employees' failure to comply with applicable
laws and regulations;
* Aventine's ability to generate free cash flow to invest in
its business and service its indebtedness;
* Limitations and restrictions contained in the instruments and
agreements governing Aventine's indebtedness;
* Aventine's ability to raise additional capital and secure
additional financing, and our ability to service such debt, if
obtained;
* Aventine's ability to retain key employees;
* Liability resulting from actual or potential future litigation;
* Competition;
* Plant shutdowns or disruptions at our plant or plants whose
products we market;
* Availability of rail cars and barges;
* Renewal of alliance partner contracts; and
* Our ability to receive and/or renew permits to construct and/or
commence operations of our proposed capacity additions in a
timely manner, or at all.