Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Cargill helps customers succeed through collaboration and innovation, and is committed to sharing its global knowledge and experience to help meet economic, environmental and social challenges. Cargill and Gevo have partnered to give Gevo exclusive rights to integrate Cargill’s world class microorganisms into its Gevo's Integrated Fermentation Technology (GIFT^®) process for the production of butanols from cellulosic sugars that are derived from biomass such as corn stover, switchgrass, forest residues, and other sustainable feedstocks.


Since 1995, ICM has focused on sustaining agriculture through innovation by engineering, building, and supporting the renewable fuel industry’s leading biorefineries. Proprietary ICM process technology is behind 5.1 billion gallons of ethanol production per year—more than half of North America’s annual production. ICM is further upholding their responsibility as an industry leader by heavily investing in the continued advancement of renewable energy technologies. Gevo and ICM have entered into a strategic alliance for the commercial development of Gevo’s GIFT^® process that enables the production of isobutanol and hydrocarbons from retrofitted ethanol plants.

Gevo’s successful demonstration plant has been located at ICM’s St. Joseph, Mo., biofuels research center and ICM will serve as the exclusive engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the retrofit of ethanol plants utilizing GIFT^®. Gevo will be ICM’s exclusive technology partner for the production of butanols, pentanols and propanols. The strategic alliance will reduce the time needed to reach commercial scale and provide a competitive advantage as Gevo executes its global development plans.


UCLA conducts world class research that has direct applications in many commercial fields with part of its mission being to transfer technologies to the commercial sector to benefit the public. Gevo has acquired an exclusive license for use of UCLA’s method for modifying microorganims for use in biofuel development. This new technology, out of Jim Liao’s lab, signals a breakthrough in the ability to mass produce advanced biofuels like butanol. The technology continues to advance as Gevo works to bring renewable cost-effective alternatives for fossil fuels and chemicals to consumers worldwide.