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Knowaste Chronology

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2005 2005
A new Knowaste Diaper Processor was engineered for Smallplanet in Toronto, Ontario and will be fully operational in fall of 2005.

2005
€ 4,000,000 Euro expansion and optimization of the Netherlands facility.

2002-2003
Successful nine-month demonstration diaper recycling program conducted in Santa Clarita, California.

2002
New plastics system is installed in The Netherlands, opening up new markets for recycled products at significantly higher rates.

2001
Knowaste is issued a patent in Japan.

2001
Knowaste Korea is formed.

2000
Knowaste is issued a patent in Korea.

2000
Building and installation of the first Knowaste Processor system in Mississauga, Ontario.

1999
50,000 square foot facility with the capability to process up to 70,000 tons of absorbant hygiene products per year opens in Arnhem, The Netherlands.

1998
Knowaste receives LIFE Award for best new recycling process in the European Union.

1998
Knowaste acquires private investment to build state of the art recycling facility in The Netherlands.

1998
Knowaste GmbH is formed to exploit the German market.

1997
Knowaste BV is organized in The Netherlands.

1996
knowaste announces recycling technology to the market.

1995
Knowaste is issued patents in the United States and Canada.

1991
Construction of a pilot plant and research and developement facility in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada begins.

1989
Knowaste is incorporated to research and develop technologies for the recycling of absorbant hygiene products.