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History
The founding members of MOR Technology first began working together in 2004 when our current President, Dan Claycamp, a veteran food-grade corn miller, and his company, Corn Processing Solutions, LLC (CPS) began working with Ken Deline and his company, SEMO Milling, LLC, (SEMO) on the development of the SEMO Milling corn mill in Scott City, MO. It was during the design and construction of the SEMO mill that the members recognized that corn-based ethanol could be improved through the use of dry milling technology. Dan began work and testing in conjunction with SEMO to develop a milling process specific to the ethanol industry. Together they developed a proprietary corn fractionation system, and built a pilot demonstration which was installed within the SEMO mill.
SEMO and CPS also began work in 2006 with Mr. Rodger Marentis, and his company Supercritical Solutions, LLC on the development of corn oil extraction technology using supercritical CO2 as a safe and sustainable alternative to dangerous petrochemical solvents. In March of 2008, MOR Technology joined forces with Mr. Marentis and formed MOR Supercritical to bring commodity-scale supercritical extraction technology to the oilseeds and renewable fuels industries. (Click here to visit the MOR Supercritical website and learn more about their exciting technologies).
Meanwhile, Kevin Ulrich and Curt Jones, residents of Grand Chain, Illinois, and life-long friends and partners in ventures in agriculture and renewable fuels, formed InnerG, LLC in 2005 with a goal of developing next-generation renewable fuel plants and technologies. Mr. Jones, a microbiologist with research experience in both corn-based and cellulosic ethanol, recognized the need for improvements to the current ethanol process, which had remained essentially unchanged since the 1980’s. Mr. Jones, the founder of Dippin’ Dots ice cream, and Ulrich, a local farmer and businessman, began working with a small team of developers, including Kevin’s son, Brad Ulrich, on the development of an ethanol plant in Southern Illinois. The InnerG team recognized early on that fractionation technology was an important part of a next-generation plant, and through mutual friends, became acquainted with fellow Southern Illinoisan Dan Claycamp and SEMO Milling. An exciting relationship developed, and over the following months, InnerG benchmarked the SEMO technology against other fractionation and “2nd Generation” technologies being offered to the ethanol industry. The InnerG team became increasingly convinced of the benefits of the SEMO technology and eventually decided to put their ethanol project on hold, as they and their potential partners forecast the struggles which are facing the industry today. Instead they pursued a partnership with SEMO and CPS, and in October 2007 MOR Technology, LLC was officially formed by SEMO Milling, Corn Processing Solutions, and InnerG, with a vision to bring sustainability to today’s dry mill ethanol plants through the most advanced milling systems available.
Partnership with MOR Supercritical
MOR Technology is an affiliate and majority owner of MOR Supercritical, LLC. Based in Allentown, PA, MOR Supercritical is a process technology and services firm specializing in large-scale supercritical CO2 plants. MOR Supercritical works closely with MOR Technology to develop technologies specifically for the ethanol industry, including supercritical corn oil extraction and ethanol dehydration systems. Click here to visit the MOR Supercritical website and learn more about how MOR Supercritical can bring additional value to your ethanol plant.
Partnership with CVP and QTI
In May 2008, MOR began working with a Wisconsin based company, Corn Value Products, LLC (CVP), to further develop a combined wet/dry milling technology for the ethanol industry.
 CVP, based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is a technology company that focuses on grain processing technology to produce value-added products. Quality Technology International, Inc. (QTI), located in Elgin, Illinois, is a partner of CVP, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Itochu International, Inc. QTI is a leader in identity-preserved grain origination and grain processing technologies, and their Solaris™ brand grain products, derived from their patented ethanol production technologies, supply animal feed ingredients that are unique in nutritional value. Food ingredients that are produced from these novel fractionation technologies are marketed under the Prairie Sky Ingredients™ brand.
 In January 2009, MOR and CVP officially formed a joint-venture company, MOR Value Products, LLC (MVP) to further develop and market wet milling systems as an improvement to dry fractionation systems. MVP has developed a system specifically for use with the MOR-Frac™ dry mills, and the new combined system, the most advanced in the ethanol industry, is being marketed exclusively by MOR as the MOR-Frac Plus+ ™ Milling System. QTI is marketing MVP’s unique high-oil germ product through their Prairie Sky Ingredients™ product line, under the NeutraGerm™ name. Click here to read more.
*Solaris™, Prairie Sky Ingredients™ and NeutraGerm ™ are trademarks of Quality Technology International, Inc.
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