HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vertex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VTNR), an environmental services company that recycles industrial waste streams and off-specification commercial chemical products, announced that it will present at Imperial Capital’s 9th Annual Global Opportunities Conference. The conference will be held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, New York City. The presentation is scheduled for 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the Morgan room.
A copy of the presentation will be available under investor relations on the Company’s website www.vertexenergy.com.
ABOUT IMPERIAL CAPITAL’S 9th ANNUAL GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES CONFERENCE
The Global Opportunities Conference is a unique one-day event that brings together management teams from more than 85 public and privately held companies who will present their business strategies, growth plans, future financing needs, and capital markets strategies to an audience of more than 1,000 institutional investors. This event provides portfolio managers, private equity investors and investment analysts with proprietary ideas across the capital structure, including bank loans, investment grade, high yield and distressed debt, convertible securities, hybrid capital securities, and equities in a relaxed environment optimized for information exchange, education and relationship development.
ABOUT VERTEX ENERGY, INC.
Vertex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTNR) is a leading environmental services company that recycles industrial waste streams and off-specification commercial chemical products. Its primary focus is recycling used motor oil and other petroleum by-product streams. Vertex purchases these streams from an established network of local and regional collectors and generators. Vertex also manages the transport, storage and delivery of the aggregated feedstock and product streams to end users, and manages the re-refining of a portion of its aggregated petroleum streams in order to sell them as higher-value end products. Vertex sells its aggregated petroleum streams as feedstock to other re-refineries and fuel blenders or as replacement fuel for use in industrial burners. The re-refining of used motor oil that Vertex manages takes place at its facility, which uses a proprietary Thermal Chemical Extraction Process (“TCEP”) technology. Based in Houston, Texas, Vertex also has offices in California, Chicago, Georgia, Nevada, and Ohio. More information on Vertex can be found at www.vertexenergy.com.
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