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IFAB Named EDA Tech Hub
iFAB is one of 31 newly designated Tech Hubs designated by the U.S. EDA to accelerate regional innovation and growth.
Primed to increase capacity and drive new market growth
Biomanufacturing converts crops like corn and soybeans into a wide range of high-value commodities, creating more market stability and growth in bio-based businesses. While the U.S. demand and potential are great, the infrastructure is lacking.
iFAB is poised to respond by growing Illinois bioprocessing into a best-in-the-world hub for fermentation manufacturing.
A scalable, best-in-class facility
One of the most comprehensive bioprocessing scale-up facilities in the nation is located in the heart of the Midwest at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The Integrated Bioprocessing Research Lab (IBRL) has the capacity to work with food ingredients, high-value industrial molecules, cosmetics, and more, providing access to infrastructure and equipment that otherwise wouldn't be available.
