FUNDAMENTALS
Today sugar cane is used to produce ethanol to mix in the gasoline. Sugar cane is a cost effective product. But the key product that is increasing consumption is diesel (not gasoline)... AMYRIS found the way to produce Diesel from sugar cane and is now creating joint ventures in Brasil with major sugar cane producers ...
AMRS managed to produce cost competitive products from sugar cane , without using crude oil.
Amyris is looking to become $15-20bn market cap company in the 5-10 years to come, disrupting certain markets with technological advantage, structural cost advantage, better products that are also green. In the near term, investors can look at guidance milestones for indication of future business and core milestones for progress with plants and commercialization (including : commercial manufacturing facilities in first half of 2011, first sale to end customers also in first half of 2011, and a few new vertical markets to be announced before the end of the year).
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