Commercializing Your Technology
Who we are: The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC) is a nationally-recognized research center dedicated to the development and commercialization of biotechnologies, including biofuels and bio-based chemicals and products. Our staff includes veteran engineers, operators, and scientists who have decades of cumulative experience and offer the experience needed to ensure the success of a research project.
What we do: For twenty years, NCERC has achieved a legacy of success by playing an instrumental role in commercializing more than eighty products that are now used in the commercial marketplace, leading to the creation of more than 5,000 jobs and generating in excess of $5.6 billion in annual revenue.
How we do it: Through our contractual research services, NCERC's business model behaves similarly to that of a Contract Research Organization, and the facility is appropriate for testing for technologies ranging from Technology Readiness Level 1 through 8. Clients benefit from the ability to take their process from the lab- to pilot- to demonstration-scale, conveniently in one state-of-the-art facility. Companies of all sizes from around the world use the NCERC’s facilities to increase yield, optimize processes, test new technologies, and evaluate new products.
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Commercializing Your Technology Confidently with Data and Industry Expertise
We are proud of the facilities that support our efforts and the in-depth results they generate for contractual and grant-funded projects, industry-sponsored research, and corporate partnerships. NCERC’s team of nationally renowned experts provides services that our clients value through these key facilities:
- Fermentation Lab - A cutting-edge environment for the evaluation of potential fermentation products at 250mL and 5L
- Fermentation Suite - Pilot-scale bioreactors at 30, 150, and 1,500 liters
- Pilot Plant - The premier demonstration-scale facility for the biorenewables industry, includes (4) 22,000L anaerobic bioreactors
- Analytical Lab - High quality analytical data ensure the integrity of the science and technology we deliver
