The 20-year-old company, formerly known as Broin, has 21 ethanolproduction facilities in six states, including Iowa, Minnesota,Missouri, Michigan, Indiana and South Dakota. The firm is alsounder construction with six more facilities in Ohio, Minnesota andIndiana, says a company spokesman. POET produces about 1.1 billiongallons of ethanol a year, he says, and employs more than 1,300people across the Midwest.

The building started out at 19,000 sf as an expansion of theBroin family farm in 1983, the spokesman tells GlobeSt.com., andwas expanded to 36,000 sf in 2003. The company doubled its staff to200 with this new expansion, the spokesman says.

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