NYSE: GPRE
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Downstream · Renewable Fuels
Green Plains Inc.
Green Plains is a leading biorefining company producing ethanol, corn oil, and high-protein animal feed ingredients with Houston-based trading operations.
Green Plains Inc. is one of the largest ethanol producers in the world and an emerging leader in sustainable biorefining. The company produces fuel-grade ethanol, corn oil, and ultra-high protein feed ingredients at its production facilities across the Midwest. Green Plains maintains trading and marketing operations in Houston, leveraging the city's energy commodity trading infrastructure. The company is transforming its platform through proprietary clean sugar technology and protein enhancement capabilities to extract greater value from each bushel of corn processed.
Headquarters
Omaha, NE (Houston Trading)
Founded
2004
Employees
1,800
Revenue
$3.5B
CEO
Todd Becker
Website
gpreinc.comGreen Plains was founded in 2004 and grew rapidly to become one of North America's largest ethanol producers. The company built and acquired production facilities across the Corn Belt, developing expertise in efficient biorefining operations. In recent years, Green Plains has invested heavily in next-generation protein and clean sugar technologies to diversify its revenue streams and move beyond commodity ethanol production toward higher-value specialty ingredients.
Green Plains operates 11 ethanol production facilities across the Midwest with a combined capacity of approximately 1.0 billion gallons per year. The company's trading operations in Houston manage ethanol, corn oil, and distillers grains marketing. Green Plains is deploying its proprietary MSC protein technology across its platform to produce ultra-high protein feed ingredients for the aquaculture and pet food markets.
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