Vital Magazine - Summer 2017

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POET Biorefining – Marion to Double Capacity with Expansion

Plant has capacity to produce 150 MILLION GALLONS of biofuels per year, 360,000 TONS of DDGS

MARION

at a glance

Opened: Oct. 24, 2008 Current production capacity: 70 million gallons annually Corn purchases: 24 million bushels annually High-protein animal feed production: 178,000 tons Number of employees: 43 Marion employees, plus 2 POET Plant Management employees for a total of 45 Corn Oil: Added in 2012, producing 13,000 tons annually CO2: Added in 2013, producing 26,000 tons in 2017

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