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Committee hears bill to fund CelluComp plant making fiber packaging from sugar‑beet pulp
Summary
House File 1621 would provide a $10 million grant to CelluComp to build a scalable plant in Renville that converts sugar‑beet pulp into fiber‑based packaging and a biogas digester; company leaders described product, market and local supply advantages and committee members asked about matching funds and project scope. The bill was laid over.
The House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee on Wednesday heard testimony on House File 1621, which would provide a $10 million state grant to CelluComp to construct a scalable plant in Renville that would convert sugar‑beet pulp into a fiber‑based packaging material meant to replace PFAS and many plastics.
The bill’s author, Representative Vance Binsbergen, introduced two CelluComp executives: Christian Kemp Griffin, identified as the company’s CEO, and Chris Pultz, identified as the company’s president. Griffin told the committee the product, branded as Curran, is a microfibrillated‑cellulose additive and coating derived from root‑vegetable fibers and that embedding the fiber in substrates and coatings…
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