Flint Hills Resources Fairmont Announces expansion.
Flint Hills Resources Nears Completion of Major Construction on Its Co-product, a High Protein Animal & Fish Ingredient
from FCDC NEWS Summer 2018
Major construction at the Flint Hills Resources Fairmont ethanol plant is nearly complete. The plant is installing an innovative technology called Maximized Stillage Co-Products tm (MSC), which was developed by Fluid Quip Process Technologies for the dry mill ethanol industry. MSC produces a high protein animal and fish feed ingredient from a portion of the distillers grains produced during the ethanol making process. Flint Hills is branding the new product as Nex Pro tm protein ingredient. The company plants to start up the new MSC technology later this summer.
We are excited to be nearing the finish line on the MSC project, "said randy Carpenter, plant manager at Flint Hills Resources Fairmont. "We recently installed the last major piece of equipment on our protein dryers. With that complete, we can begin getting the plant ready to produce Nex Pro tm later this year. It's been a long road getting here, and we are grateful for our neighbors and local communities who have been patient and supportive throughout this process.: The project is one of the largest investments in co-product upgrading technologies ever made by a dry mill ethanol manufacturer.
Flint Hills Resources Fairmont Announces expansion from Nebraska Signal