iPROOF
State-of-the-art 32,000L+ fermentation scale-up facility in Illinois (USA) coming in early 2026.
About the Facility
Leveraging decades of combined experience, Synonym and Primient are partnering to build a state-of-the-art fermentation facility called “iPROOF.”
iPROOF will be located within the Primient corn processing campus that sits on 400 acres in Decatur, IL and offers comprehensive site services and end-to-end know how across your biomanufacturing process.
iPROOF will offer demonstration-scale fermentation capacity with flexible downstream processing (DSP).
Why Decatur?
Decatur has been a part of agricultural innovation for more than 100+ years, offering:
One of the fastest growing AgTech Research Corridors in the U.S. with a thriving “lab to line ecosystem”
Robust raw material and feedstock production
Workforce development and academic partnerships at every level
Access to multi-modal freight, transportation, and logistics
About The Partners
Synonym is a data-driven infrastructure developer and asset manager for the bioeconomy. Our team has been widely recognized as the leading professionals across bioprocess engineering and sustainable infrastructure and has been instrumental in designing, developing, and running operations across 12+ pilot, demo, and commercial scale fermentation facilities. We have worked with infrastructure investors to deploy $3B+ in first-of-a-kind (FOAK) technology projects, and are pioneering ways of working with financial markets to position biomanufacturing facilities as an emerging asset class.
Primient is a global leader in plant-based, renewable solutions and has over 100 years of experience in manufacturing operations, including a biomanufacturing joint venture. The company provides expertise and solutions across food, beverage, paper, packaging, personal care, apparel, and animal nutrition industries. Headquartered in the US, Primient has advanced biomanufacturing plants across the Midwest, close to its essential raw material - #2 yellow dent corn.