Herty Advanced Materials Development Center Jill P. Stuckey, Ac0ng Director Charles Holmes Herty, Ph.D. Visionary & Entrepreneur, 1867 - 1938 • Professor and football coach at UGA • President of Synthe0c Organic Chemical Manufacturers Associaon • President of American Chemical Society • Played an influen0al role in establishing the Naonal Ins0tutes of Health Herty’s work catalyzed the pulp and paper industry in the South and helped revive the region’s economy during the Great Depression. Herty Advanced Materials Development Center Ø Savannah Pulp and Paper Lab (later the Herty Foundaon) was founded in 1932 to honor Charles Herty, father of the Southern pulp and paper industry Ø80 th anniversary in 2012 Ø Reports to the Board of Regents through Georgia Southern University Ø Staff - 55 people Herty Advanced Materials Development Center Manufacturers throughout the world seek out Herty for assistance with their materials innova?on and Ø Founded in 1938 to honor Charles Herty (1867-1938), father of the development needs. Southern pulp and paper industry • Biofuels and biomaterials Ø 73 rd anniversary October, 2012 • Composites for the automobile and aerospace industries Ø Charter broadened in 2005 to cover • Recycled fibers, including synthe0c all materials manufacturing industries and conven0onal pulp/paper • Fric0on products for the automobile Ø Georgia State Authority industry • Synthe0cs for the medical industry Ø Staff - 50 people Drivers From an Economic Development Standpoint • Economy – Forest Industries • Mandates – Europe - creang jobs in the US • Environmen t – It’s cleaner • Energy Security – Supply disrup0ons, Middle East 10,000,000 9,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 Forest 2,000,000 Agriculture Water 1,000,000 Wetland Hectares Urban 0 Georgia Wood Removals • 1995 – 51.4 million green tons harvested • 2009 – 39.2 million green tons harvested 12.2 million green tons to get back to where we were… Growth and Removals of Merchantable Trees 80 70 60 38 % 50 32% 40 30 Growth 20 Million Green Tons Removals 10 42% 73% 0 Between 1998 and 2008, the growth of growing stock on ?mberland in the state has exceeded removals by an average of 38.5% annually or 546,086,970 cubic feet per year Forest Inventory 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 Million Green Tons 400 200 0 Inventory Growth Removals Forest Inventory 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 Million Green Tons 400 200 0 RWE Inventory Growth Removals Giant Miscanthus • Herbaceous, Deciduous, Perennial • Rhizomes rather than seed • 11 - 25 Dry tons/acre/year • Height up to 15 feet • Low environmental inputs • AlternaXve non-food use for marginal Land • Drought tolerant, crowds out weeds • Carbon neutral 101 in Economic Development 1. Don’t trash the other guy, too much. 2. Don’t throw out high numbers. 3. Don’t throw out low numbers. 4. Don’t tell me your going to give 30% of the profits to poor children. 5. Don’t tell me you have all the money you need and aren’t looking for anything from the Feds, State, County or City Yesterday… GOVERNMENT COMMON SENSE One Stop Shop § Forum for new and expanding businesses § Venue to explain state & federal policies and procedures § We work to Expedite the perming process § Matchmaking to form successful collaboraons One Stop Shop Georgia Offices Federal Offices § Center of Innovaon § Forestry Commission § Governor’s Office § Department of Agriculture § Agriculture § Natural Resources § Revenue Universies § Environmental Protec0on Agency § University of Georgia § Community Affairs § Georgia Ins0tute of Technology § Economic Development § Herty Advanced Materials Development Center § State Fire Marshall Sister Jill’s Crystal Ball Pellets Electricity Chemical s Ethanol Bio based fuels could change the face of rural Georgia The State has sufficient biomass to support the development of over 45 major biomass investments of greater than $100 Million each. For More InformaXon Contact: Jill Stuckey AcXng Director 912-963-2553 [email protected] .