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PHOTO: © Bhatt Photography | BioMADE for. The Minnesota plant will be structurally complete by October 2027 and will begin welcoming customers in early spring 2028. BioMADE’ s largest facility at 120,000 square feet, it will house a 25,000-liter fermenter alongside a smaller 5000-liter unit used for piloting work. The larger fermenter opens up a different category of possibility by enabling real-scale demonstrations and the production of enough material to evaluate commercial viability, test performance in end applications, assess the economics, and validate functionality in a way that smaller-scale work cannot.
“ In this facility, we will be able to produce a wide variety of products, including solvents and other materials of specific interest to the Department of Defense, which is our main investor. BioMADE was founded to strengthen national security. Bio-based products play a surprisingly significant role in

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