Winchester, Ky.
Alltech opened an algae fermentation facility in March of 2011 in Winchester, Ky. A $200 million renovation project delivered a flexible facility housing biomass fermenters with a capacity of up to 265,000 liters. The building includes a pilot production plant and is designed to support rapid scale-up of new products and processes. The facility houses both mechanical agitation and bubble column fermenters. Alltech is a producer of animal feed additives from materials such as yeast, bacteria, and enzymes.
