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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.

In Numbers

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