Becker Underwood. (At Closing News).Becker Underwood, Ames, Iowa Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa, about 30 miles north of Des Moines in Story County. It is the principal city of the 'Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses all of Story County, Iowa and which, when combined with the , plans to expand its St. Joseph, Mo., inoculant in·oc·u·lant n. See inoculum. fermentation fermentation, process by which the living cell is able to obtain energy through the breakdown of glucose and other simple sugar molecules without requiring oxygen. Fermentation is achieved by somewhat different chemical sequences in different species of organisms. and research facility. The multimillion-dollar expansion will result in a 55,000-square-foot facility, allowing the company to triple its U.S. inoculant production. "Integrating and expanding our St. Joseph operations into a single, state-of-the-art fermentation plant greatly increases our ability to provide customers with leading products and technologies," says president Dr. Peter Innes. "Our U.S. and Canadian inoculant manufacturing plants together give us the flexibility to supply our customers quickly and in whatever formulation formulation /for·mu·la·tion/ (for?mu-la´shun) the act or product of formulating. American Law Institute Formulation they require." |
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