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[Pioneering](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) [biodiesel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) [manufacturer Argent](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) Energy sold
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23 July 2013
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Argent Energy, a leader of [massive business](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) [production](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) of [biodiesel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) in the UK, has actually been purchased by a green investment business.
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Argent, based near Motherwell, was sold to a subsidiary of London-based John Swire & Sons for a [concealed](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) sum.
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Argent makes green roadway fuel by recycling wastes and residues such as used cooking oil and tallow from the .
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The firm will stay in [personal ownership](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) and will [continue](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to run [separately](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86).
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Its senior management, including chairman Andy Hunter, [managing director](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) Jim Walker and monetary director Jim Boyd are to stay with the [company](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).
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Souter Investments, the [private investment](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) firm of [transport tycoon](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) Sir Brian Souter, [verified](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) it had actually sold its 37% stake in Argent.
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'Future potential'
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Mr Walker said the investment by [John Swire](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) [highlighted Argent's](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) strong market position, adding there was now an opportunity "to take Argent's abilities further afield".
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Barnaby Swire, of John Swire, stated his [business](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) was committed to "checking out and investing in ingenious and practical green markets".
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He added: "We are pleased to be obtaining Argent Energy, a company which our company believe can grow and flourish not just within the UK however likewise overseas, in particular in Asian markets with which Swire Group companies recognize.
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"John Swire & Sons Ltd sees in Argent Energy's employees a mix of attributes and values that are compatible with our own, and [eagerly anticipate](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) [dealing](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) with them to increase Argent Energy's future [potential](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html)."
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Argent was developed in 2001. In 2009 it was purchased by a consortium which included senior management in addition to Souter Investments.
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Its plant at Newarthill, near Motherwell, has the capability to produce as much as 50 million litres of biodiesel a year.
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Cooking oil to run buses in trial
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4 November 2011
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Argent Energy
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Souter Investments
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