FHR Starts Construction at the Fairmont Site

FHR Starts Construction at the Fairmont Site for a New High Protein Feed Ingredient Kevin Karasiuk, manager at the Flint Hills Resources ethanol plant in Fairmont, stated they are now ready to start construction to install a new, bolt-on technology called Maximized Stillage Co-Products™ (MSC). After moving a lot of dirt and pouring the footings they will soon be ready to start building upwards. The $50 million project is one of the largest investments in co-product upgrading technologies made by a dry mill ethanol manufacturer. Once the plant is operational it will produce a high protein animal and fish feed ingredient from a portion of its distiller grains. Construction will take about 12 months and require about 120 workers. The construction will include a new building and two protein dryers. The MSC is an innovative, bolt-on technology the will help FHR extract more value out of every kernel of corn processed at the plant. The technology uses a series of mechanical processes to separate protein from the solids leftover after ethanol distillation. Centrifuges are used to isolate protein molecules from residual fiber and carbohydrates. Once the protein is separated it is sent to a protein dryer where it is dried into a high-quality meal. The new, high protein feed ingredient product will be known as NextPro™. Flint Hills Resources plans to market the ingredient to aquaculture, pet food, swine, and poultry industry.