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OCOchem and ADM Announce Production Partnership to Build Innovative New CO2 Conversion Facility at ADM Facility
RICHLAND, Wash., August 18, 2025--OCOchem, a rapidly scaling pioneer of CO2 electrolysis and conversion technologies, today announced production partnership agreement with ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in innovative solutions from nature, to build a groundbreaking field demonstration plant using OCOchem’s Carbon FluX Electrolyzer technology. The plant will be co-located within ADM’s corn processing complex in Decatur, Illinois. It will convert biogenic CO2 from ADM’s ethanol production stream
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