Renewable Materials

Powerful indicators—the growing world population, commodity price increases, developments in nanotechnology and materials science, and favorable public policy and capital funding—all point toward a rapidly increasing need for, and utilization of, alternative sources of energy, food, and consumer goods. With this in mind, it’s undeniable that the renewable materials industry stands at the forefront of a new frontier of opportunity and innovation.

In Minnesota, a network of researchers, developers, and biobusiness thought-leaders, and renewables industry leaders—including Cargill, BioCorp Inc., NatureWorks, Cool Clean Technologies, Ever-Green Energy, the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resources Sciences, and The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota—are already collaborating to fully exploit the groundbreaking potential of renewable materials.

The state’s heightened concentration in this sector, coupled with the world-class research & development, manufacturing, and logistics support available in Southeast Minnesota, provides those in the rapidly expanding renewables sector with increasing opportunities to thrive in Minnesota—and more and more reasons to locate at Elk Run.

Strategically located in the cost-effective, workforce-rich, biobusiness-savvy corridor between Rochester and Minneapolis-St. Paul, the Biobusiness Park at Elk Run offers access to:

• industry expertise in a skilled statewide animal health network
• world-renowned research & development expertise & support at the University of Minnesota
• green technology and infrastructure via Rochester-based IBM
• supercomputing facilities
• a worldwide logistics network

The Bottom Line

Tower Investments, LLC, the developer of Elk Run, highly values the groundbreaking work in the animal health industry, and places a special emphasis on making Elk Run a home for companies large and small.

Additionally, Minnesota has one of the most stable and educated workforces in the country and remains a business-friendly, affordable place to relocate.