Cereal Process Technologies continues to innovate with new process enhancements and newly patented corn fractionation technology. CPT fractionation is the only corn milling technology that works in the ethanol industry for two primary reasons:
Cleanest Separation
Process Flexibility
“Our advantage has always been about extracting the highest value components efficiently,” says Pete Moss, President of CPT. “The market is shifting toward diversification, producing higher value products and maximizing the components that already come into the plant.” CPT’s technology separates the starch, germ and fiber streams precisely and efficiently so that each stream’s highest value can be realized. CPT figured out long ago that flexibility and clean separation with minimal equipment were the keys to successful fractionation in the ethanol industry. MarketFlex™ extracts the maximum amount of starch and germ to optimize product yields based on market economics. The corn kernel fiber stream is a very pure source of feedstock that can be utilized to produce RNG, cellulosic ethanol and other products with enhanced value.
The direction of the ethanol industry is determined to a great extent by factors that are out of our control. MarketFlex™ allows the ethanol industry to make a wider array of products that are extremely valuable. Much like wet mills, MarketFlex™ allows the ethanol industry to “Flex” into other products based on supply and demand. Food grade corn oil, renewable diesel, glucose, corn protein concentrate and bio-based products from the bran are just a few of the products that can now be produced with CPT’s fractionation system. Multiple endeavors are underway that can only be accomplished by separating the components on the front-end of the plant. Back-end separation adds no flexibility and has an inherent tendency to degrade the products.
"MarketFlex™ puts ethanol plant operators in the driver's seat," according to Moss. "It gives them full control to mill the fractions that will yield the highest profitability. And it opens the door to new ways to serve additional markets. The use of MarketFlex™, even under current conditions will allow marginal ethanol plants to increase their earnings by nearly 50%."
Aztalan Bio in Jefferson, Wisconsin utilizes CPT’s fractionation technology with a vision to create new product opportunities. Their vision shows how innovative, forward-thinking companies can reduce their reliance on ethanol and begin to produce much higher-value products.
