ICM files patent applications for ethanol distillation columns in the U.S., with Dennis VanderGriend as inventor. ICM designs and builds its first ethanol plant in North America.

ICM builds a research facility for developing and testing new technologies on a commercial scale.

ICM builds its 100th gas-fired rotary dryer and begins manufacturing steam-tube dryers.

ICM designs its 100th plant in North America.

An ICM-designed plant begins operations in Hungary.

ICM begins project development in South America.

An ICM-designed plant begins operations in Argentina.

ICM opens an office in Brazil to directly serve the South American market.

Brazil’s first stand-alone corn biorefinery is designed by ICM and begins production.

ICM completed construction of ELEMENT, a biorefinery in the U.S. that will feature ICM leading technologies and set new standards for operational efficiency and carbon intensity.

ICM completed the first installation of the
ADVANCED PROCESSING PACKAGE™, which is a set of technologies that allows the producer to get PROTOMAX™, a yeast-enriched, 50% protein animal feed.

Construction begins on APP^™ projects. Larger office is opened in São Paulo, Brazil.

ICM completes the third standalone corn biorefinery in Brazil.

ICM installed first FOT Oil Recovery^™ system, setting benchmark for oil recovery.