UK Ethanol Plant Starts Winding Down Ahead of US Supply Wave

Associated British Food Plc’s Vivergo ethanol plant, one of only two major sites in the nation, has begun closing-down procedures as a flood of US duty-free products looks set to wipe out production in the UK.

A consultation with employees to enact a wind-down of operations of the site in northern England has begun, the company said in a statement. The plant plans to close on Sept. 13 if a solution is not found by the British government to support the industry.