MGP, KABB aims for biofuels, foams, plastics from distiller's grains

In Kansas, MGP Ingredients is teaming up with the Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy and four Kansas universities to develop new technologies and products that use bio-based raw materials.  KABB is awarding a grant of approximately $1.4 million, which is being matched through in-kind services estimated at approximately $1.5 million from MGP and the participating universities combined.

The three-year research-and-development efforts will seek to find innovative ways to produce cost-competitive bio-based foams, plastics, fuels and other materials from DDGS, which result from the production of alcohol made from agriculturally-derived raw materials.