THE NEW
AMERICAN
Refinery.

America built the greatest industrial base in history. Then we offshored it.
General Biological is converting the country’s stranded agricultural infrastructure into a domestic chemical supply chain, bringing production of critical industrial molecules back to American soil.

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1.7M
Liters Fermentation Capacity
37
Acres for Manufacturing
15,000+
Tons Per Year Capacity
Why It Matters

Two
broken
systems.

American agriculture and heavy chemicals are all in trouble for the same underlying reason: we let the supply chains go offshore, and never built the replacement.

General Biological is the replacement.

01 — AGRICULTURE
Building on America’s agricultural strength.
America has built one of the world’s great agricultural and fermentation bases. As transportation electrifies, over $20 billion in world-class fermentation infrastructure is ready to be redirected — from fuel into high-value industrial molecules that heavy industry and the defense industrial base depend on.
02 — HEAVY INDUSTRY
Petrochemicals we no longer make.
The chemical inputs underpinning every sector of American manufacturing were systematically offshored over forty years. American manufacturers are now dangerously exposed — dependent on foreign sources for molecules critical to their own production.
Our Site

Northeast
Louisiana.

Our production facility sits on the Mississippi River in Northeast Louisiana — 37 acres of industrial land with 15,000+ tons per year of bio-based chemical capacity and direct barge access.

World-leading logistics infrastructure, competitive energy costs, and abundant agricultural resources drive reliable and cost-effective supply for our customers.

37
Acres on the Mississippi River
1.7M L
Fermentation Capacity
15,000+
TPY Chemical Capacity
Rail
Class 1 Railroad Access
Barge
River Port Access
Aerial view of General Biological facility Team walking through the plant Engineers reviewing plans on site
Technology
02

Our
manufacturing
platform.

Our manufacturing platform converts agricultural feedstock into high-value industrial chemicals at scale. It is built on two core strengths: scientists with a track record from bench to production and an engineering team built to automate, scale, and deploy any system we develop.

The result is a vertically integrated platform designed to go from molecule to market faster and at lower cost than any incumbent.

01
Biocatalysis
Engineered strains that convert agricultural feedstock into target molecules at industrial yield and selectivity.
02
Chemical Process
Downstream separation, extraction, and purification from fermentation broth to finished product.
03
Industrial Automation
Modern software infrastructure and adaptive feedback systems that autonomously optimize production in real time.
Products

The molecules
industry runs on.

Succinic Acid
C₄H₆O₄
Polymers, resins, food additives, pharmaceuticals, coatings. Platform molecule for bio-based plastics.
1,4-Butanediol
BDO · C₄H₁₀O₂
Spandex, polyurethane, engineering plastics, electronics. Global market: 3M+ tons/year.
Tetrahydrofuran
THF · C₄H₈O
Industrial solvent, pharmaceutical synthesis, PVC adhesives, magnetic tapes.
NMP · GBL
Specialty C4
Battery electrolytes, semiconductor cleaning, agrichemicals.
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