Aventine Starts Sugar Ethanol
Aventine Starts Sugar Ethanol
STREATOR, Ill. (DTN) -- Aventine Renewable Energy Inc. said in a news release Thursday it shipped its first railcar of ethanol produced at its Aurora West facility in Aurora, Neb., a 113 million gallon per year plant, using sugar-based only feedstock.
"This marks an important milestone in Aventine's continuing story of innovation and demonstrates our leadership in the ethanol industry," said Mark Beemer, Aventine's president and CEO.
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The company has hired 52 employees to date, and expects to hire 18 more in the next two months, for an annualized payroll of $4.6 million.
"We have already injected $10.6 million into the local Aurora economy through expenditures on operational needs," said Beemer.
Aventine Renewable Energy, based in Pekin, Ill., is a producer and marketer of industrial and fuel ethanol and related co-products, including corn gluten feed and meal, corn germ, condensed corn distillers grain, corn oils and yeast.
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