Bunge opens soy protein concentrate facility in Morristown

MORRISTOWN, Ind. — Bunge hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at its fully integrated soy protein concentrate and textured soy protein concentrate facility in Morristown.

The location in central Indiana is the first soy protein concentrate facility built in the United States in more than 40 years and the largest in the country.

According to Bunge, the facility will be the most modern of its kind in the nation, producing an ultra-high purity and affordable plant protein. The new location created 70 full-time jobs and is expected to process 4.5 million bushels of soybeans.

The plant will help meet the rising demand for protein across processed meat, plant-based foods, bakery, snacks, beverages, pet food and animal nutrition.

The new facility is integrated with Bunge’s adjacent crush and refining operation.

Quick Facts

• Groundbreaking: June 1995

• Initial Crush Plant Startup: October 1996

• Refinery Startup: August 2002

• Crush Expansion Startup: September 2004

• Plant Area: 116 acres

• Adjacent to new soy protein concentrate facility

• Employees at Morristown: 130

• Products: soybean meal, soybean hulls (loose and pellets), soybean oil (crude, degummed and salad oil, soy lecithin).

• Capacity to crush 65 million bushels per year

• 80%+ soybeans come from Indiana