CJ BIO America

New Amino Acid Manufacturing Facility.

Based in South Korea, CJ is a leader in manufacturing food and other consumer products. The customer selected Gray to design and build CJ Bio America’s first U.S. facility—an amino acid production plant in Fort Dodge, IA.

  • Location
    Fort Dodge, IA
  • Square Footage
    400,000 s.f.
  • Operational
    22 months
CJ BIO America
Fort Dodge, IA
400,000 s.f.
22 months

The plant refines corn starch received from the adjacent Cargill, Inc. corn processing facility into lysine, an amino acid used in producing livestock feed.

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