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| Companies and Cooperatives in MN | Structure & Focus |
| Agri-Energy, LLC
Agri-Energy, a joint venture between CORN-er Stone Farmers' Cooperative and private investors, produces 15 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol annually. |
Cooperative Corn Fuels |
| Al-Corn
Al-Corn, a cooperatively-owned ethanol plant produces 15 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol annually. |
Company Cooperative Corn Fuels |
| All Paper Recycling, Inc.
Manufacturers of ShetkaBoard and ShetkaStone; composite materials made entirely from waste paper that are transformed into a variety of construction materials and office products. |
Building Materials Company Composites Paper |
| Anderson Chemical Co.
Manufacturer of naturally-derived enzymes used in the detergent industry. |
Company Enzymes Household Cleaning Solvents |
| AVEDA Corporation
Aveda Corporation, a global leader in the manufacture of environmentally preferable personal care products, is committed to sustaining the Earth by striving to offer the highest quality, healthy consumer services and products created from organically grown plants and other renewable sources for wellness. |
Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Personal Care Products |
| BioForce Enviro-Tech, Inc.
BioForce manufactures a complete line of vegetable-based industrial, commercial, and consumer cleaning products. |
Company Degreasers & Strippers Household Cleaning Solvents Industrial Cleaning Solvents Institutional Cleaning Solvents |
| Blandin Paper Company
Blandin, recently purchased by UPM-Kymmene (Finland), has been actively involved in pulping trials for paper made with agricultural fibers. |
Agricultural Residues Company Paper |
| Cargill, Inc
Cargill's Technical Oils Division is a producer of Dilulin, a linseed oil-based additive for paint and coatings. |
Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings |
| Cargill, Inc.
Cargill is a producer of more than 100 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol per year. |
Company Corn Fuels |
| Cargill, Inc.-EcoPLA Business Unit
Cargill partnered with Dow Chemical to form a new company, Cargill Dow Polymers, to develop and market polylactic acid (PLA) polymers, under the trade name EcoPLA. Cargill's EcoPLA degradable plastics are made from natural lactic acid (produced from sugars from corn, potatoes, sugar beets and milk) and are converted into packaging, film and other fibers. |
Company Corn Plastics |
| CENEX/Land O' Lakes Agronomy
Cenex Harvest States - Land O'Lakes is a partnership of agricultural cooperatives involved in marketing and value-added processing, such as producing soybean oil surfactants. |
Agrochemicals Company Soybeans |
| Central Minnesota Ethanol Coop
Central Minnesota Ethanol Coop produces over 15 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol per year. |
Cooperative Corn Fuels |
| Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company, LLC
Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company, a joint venture between farmer-owned cooperative and private company Delta-T, produces 18 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol annually. |
Cooperative Corn Fuels |
| Corn Plus
Corn Plus is a farmer-owned cooperative with 650 members, converting 7.2 million bushels of corn into 19 million gallons of ethanol per year. |
Cooperative Corn Fuels |
| Cortec Corporation
Cortec, in cooperation with its subsidiary Rawn America, markets four soy methyl ester-based products under the EcoLine(TM) name. Products include cleaner/degreaser, all purpose lubricant, long term rust preventative, and cutting fluid. |
Company Degreasers & Strippers Industrial Cleaning Solvents Lubricants Soybeans |
| Diversified Energy Company
DENCO is a producer of corn-derived ethanol, with a capacity of 8 million gallons per year. |
Company Fuels |
| Environmental Dust Control, Inc.
EDC manufactures a dust suppressant from soybean oil soapstock. This can be used on roads, parking lots, campgrounds, etc. |
Company Dust Suppressants Soybeans |
| Ethanol 2000
Ethanol 2000, a joint venture between Southwest Minnesota Agrifuels Cooperative (SMAC) and private investors, converts 5.5 million bushels of corn into 15 million gallons of ethanol each year. |
Company Corn Fuels |
| Exol Corporation
Exol, a 100% farmer-owned ethanol plant produces 15 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol annually. |
Cooperative Corn Fuels |
| Flint Ink
Flint Ink manufactures a full line of vegetable based inks for the offset and lithographic printing industries. The company also markets Prifer 3303+ or The Ink Eater(TM), a vegetable oil-based press wash developed by Unichema International. |
Company Inks Soybeans |
| Gopher State Ethanol Company
Gopher State Ethanol, America's first urban ethanol facility plans to produce 15 million gallons per year of corn-derived ethanol and 120 tons per day of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2). |
Company |
| Heartland Corn Products
Heartland Corn Products is farmer-owned cooperative that produces 16 million gallons per year of corn-derived ethanol. |
Company Corn Fuels |
| Integro Ventures, Inc.
Integro Ventures manufactures and supplies bio-based commercial cleaning solutions under the Integro Bay(TM) label. The product line focuses on flooring – offering plant-based alternatives for stripping, cleaning, sealing, finishing, and restoring. |
Company Degreasers & Strippers Household Cleaning Solvents Institutional Cleaning Solvents Paints & Coatings |
| KRP Enterprises, Incorporated
KRP Enterprises developed a technology that utilizes vegetable oils to suppress grain dust. |
Agrochemicals Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds |
| Larex, Inc.
Larex manufactures and sells a water-soluble polymer called arabinogalactan (AG),a polysaccharide extracted from larch trees. AG can be used in a variety of applications, including printing, coatings, and personal care. |
Agrochemicals Company Inks Paints & Coatings Wood Wastes |
| Minaqua Fisheries
Minaqua Fisheries, a new generation cooperative, raises and markets Tilapia at its fishery in Renville, Minnesota. |
Aquaculture Cooperative |
| Minnesota Corn Processors
Minnesota Corn Processors, a farmer-owned cooperative produces ethanol, corn starch, corn syrup, 42% high fructose corn syrup, a bio-based deicer (called Caliber), and feed products from its plant in Marshall, Minnesota. |
Cooperative Corn Deicers Fuels |
| Minnesota Energy
Minnesota Energy, a cooperatively-owned ethanol plant, produces 11 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol per year. |
Cooperative Corn Fuels |
| Minnesota Valley Alfalfa Producers
MnVAP is an alfalfa cooperative that produces pelletized animal feed. The coop is also exploring additional value-added uses for alfalfa. |
Agricultural Residues Alfalfa Company Fuels |
| Process Insight
Process Insight provides small to medium size manufacturers with process engineering support, especially in the areas of process optimization, waste reduction, pollution prevention, and biochemical substitution. |
Agricultural Residues Company Industrial Cleaning Solvents Institutional Cleaning Solvents Lubricants Specialty Chemicals Waste Treatment/Remediation |
| Pro-Corn LLC
Pro-Corn, a joint venture between South East Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative and private investors, produces 15 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol annually. |
Cooperative Corn Fuels |
| Redwood Candle Company LLC
Redwood Candle Company manufactures and markets scented candles from a wax derived from 99.5% soybean oil. |
Company Soybeans |
| Restore Products
Restore Products has a commercial and residential product line which includes bio-based products including laundry detergents, dish soaps and household cleaners. Their products utilize vegetable oil-based surfactants, citrus-based solvents and natural enzymes. |
Company Enzymes Household Cleaning Solvents |
| Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative
Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative harvests 2.4 million tons of sugar beets for use in processing pure beet sugar, beet pulp pellets and beet molasses. The pellets are used as livestock feed and the molasses is used in the production of yeast, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. |
Agricultural Residues Cooperative Specialty Chemicals |
| Soy Soft, Inc.
Soy Soft, Inc. produces and markets personal care products derived from soybean oil. |
Company Personal Care Products Soybeans |
| SoyMor Soybean Cooperative
A proposed cooperatively-owned Soybean processing plant in SE Minnesota that hopes to capture the profits from the high value products that are currently being captured by major oilseed processors. |
Cooperative Fuels Lubricants Soybeans Specialty Chemicals |
| StarchTech, Inc.
StarchTech manufactures biodegradable Clean Green¨ starch-based loosefill packaging peanuts that dissolve in water. The company also produces starch-based vent plugs used by poultry farmers to prevent fecal contamination and starch-based resins used in injection molding and other manufacturing processes. |
Company Plastics |
| Verdant
Verdant is a marketer of natural pest control products for retail, commercial, and agricultural markets. Verdant has developed a mosquito repellent called "Blocker" that is made from soybean and geranium oils. |
Company Personal Care Products Soybeans |