MSU Bioeconomy Institute

The MSU Bioeconomy Institute provides specialty chemical scale-up and production for for-profit and not-for-profit entities of all sizes, with a 138,000-square-foot facility that complements and extends MSU campus research supporting the emerging bioeconomy, including biofuels, specialty chemicals, bio-based specialty chemicals and biomaterials. Having conducted successful production runs for high-technology start-ups and publicly traded corporations, the Institute also offers business incubation opportunities and extensive laboratory space rental, with its scale-up facility providing more than 30,000 liters of chemical reactor capacity with centralized automatic controls, centrifuges, filters and dryers, an engineering and operating staff with extensive specialty chemical manufacturing experience, Process Safety Management compliance, a State of Michigan Flexible Air Permit, and 31,000 square feet of modern laboratories.