Firm pioneers greener alternative to burial and cremation

Howard Pickard, managing director of Leeds engineering firm LBBC Technologies, which is to play a key role in developing a new process set to rival cremation and burial.

Stanningley-based LBBC has been chosen by Scottish company Resomation as its technology development and manufacturing partner. Resomation has developed a water and alkali based process that accelerates natural decomposition of human corpses and offers a greener alternative to burial and cremation. The system has been approved in the USA and Canada.

LBC specialises in precision casting and other industrial processes involving high-pressure autoclave applications. It has annual sales of 7.5m and employs 65 staff, exporting around the world.

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