Primient, a major corn wet-milling company, announced it’s creating a dedicated Biosolutions business unit to focus on bio-based products and biomanufacturing partnerships.
The Illinois-based company is reorganizing from three product-focused divisions into four market-facing units. The new structure reflects where Primient has been putting its money over the past four years.
Recent investments include a co-location partnership with Sustainea in Lafayette, Indiana, the iPROOF venture near its Decatur, Illinois facility, and acquisition of a bio-PDO production business in Loudon, Tennessee. Bio-PDO is a renewable building block used in plastics, fibers, and industrial products.
The Biosolutions unit will work with biomanufacturing companies moving from pilot scale to commercial production. Primient’s pitch is infrastructure: established facilities, feedstock relationships, and operational know-how that startups typically lack.
CEO Jim Stutelberg said the company has been rebuilding its foundation while strengthening core operations. “The creation of our new Biosolutions business will enable us to accelerate our progress in high-growth biomanufacturing markets.”
The other three business units will focus on sweeteners for food and beverage customers, performance starches for industrial applications, and agrifunctionals covering animal nutrition and fuels.
Corn wet-milling produces base ingredients like starch and dextrose that can be converted into various products. The process also generates byproducts useful for fermentation, making these facilities attractive partners for biotech companies needing manufacturing capacity.
