Originally dba as Methanotech, Inc, Gevo (NASDAQ: GECO) is a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company working on biobased alternatives to petroleum-based products using a combination of synthetic biology and chemistry. The effort is organized around producing isobutanol, a versatile platform chemical for the liquid fuels and petrochemical market. Having broad market applications as a solvent and a gasoline blendstock that can help refiners meet their renewable fuel and clean air obligationsm cIsobutanol can also be further processed using well-known chemical processes into jet fuel and feedstocks for the production of synthetic rubber, plastics, and polyesters. Gevo's technology is also designed to enable retrofit existing ethanol plants of all kinds. Gevo has developed proprietary technology that uses a combination of synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, chemistry and chemical engineering to focus primarily on the production of isobutanol, as well as related products from renewable feedstocks. Gevoâs strategy is to commercialize bio-based alternatives to petroleum-based products to allow for the optimization of fermentation facilitiesâ assets, with the ultimate goal of maximizing cash flows from the operation of those assets. Gevo produces isobutanol, ethanol and high-value animal feed at its fermentation plant in Luverne, Minnesota. Gevo has also developed technology to produce hydrocarbon products from renewable alcohols. Gevo currently operates a biorefinery in Silsbee, Texas, in collaboration with South Hampton Resources Inc., to produce renewable jet fuel, octane, and ingredients for plastics like polyester. Gevo has a marquee list of partners including The Coca-Cola Company, Toray Industries Inc. and Total SA, among others. Gevo is committed to a sustainable bio-based economy that meets societyâs needs for plentiful food and clean air and wa
