Our story
Dave and Dennis VanderGriend co-found ICM and start manufacturing dryers that improve the quality and longevity of distillers grains.


Our story
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.


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


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


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ICM designs its 100th plant in North America.


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An ICM-designed plant begins operations in Hungary.


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ICM begins project development in South America.


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An ICM-designed plant begins operations in Argentina.


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


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


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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.


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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.


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


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ICM completes the third standalone corn biorefinery in Brazil.


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

