Business & Tech

Primus Green Energy Receives 'Economic Vitality Award'

Company recognized for growth, jobs and overseas connections.

A week after announcing the successful operation of a Hillsborough demonstration plant producing gasoline and jet fuel from natural gas, Primus Green Energy received the Somerset County Business Partnership 2013 Economic Vitality Award. 

The recognition is presented annually to Somerset County companies that have made a significant economic impact and have fostered economic vitality through job creation and retention, job training and retraining, sales growth, profitability and reinvestment; technologic advancement, and increased capital assets and influx of new dollars.

According to the announcement, Primus was recognized for its growth over the last five years, the creation of about 200 high-value jobs and its ability to attract millions of dollars in foreign investment.

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M&E Engineers, of Somerville, and The Center School, of Branchburg, also received the award. 

“These progressive and innovative businesses are being recognized for their respective roles in creating jobs and contributing to the economic vitality of Somerset County,” commented Mike Kerwin, President/CEO of the Business Partnership. “It is appropriate that we honor them at the Business Partnership Annual Meeting, the largest gathering of Somerset County’s business community.”

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Primus has developed an innovative technology for coverting natural gas and biomass into useable gasoline—the company notes its fuel is cleaner, more affordable and sustainable than other alternative fuels in development. It has received financial support from the Israel Corporation, an investment group based in Israel.


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