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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

EnviroKure Plans Bluffton, Indiana, Manufacturing Center

10/01/2018
EnviroKure, a producer organic and liquid fertilizers, plans to invest $10 million to establish an 80,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Bluffton, Indiana.

“With our strong agricultural tradition and booming tech sector, Indiana offers an ideal environment for companies like EnviroKure that are at the intersection of AgTech,” Governor Eric J. Holcomb said. “EnviroKure has already been a great partner to Indiana and the industry, joining our agbiosciences delegation on an economic development trip to Israel earlier this year.”

When completed the Wells County plant will house state-of the-art equipment to extract soil-building microbes from chicken manure and cultivate field-proven biofertilizers and biostimulants. The process was developed and patented by EnviroKure.

Construction planning is underway, and the company plans to be fully-operational at the new site in late 2019. As part of its growth, the company plans to add up to 17 well-paying jobs by 2020. The company will begin hiring the on-site management team in early summer and filling manufacturing positions in the fall of 2019.

“We are pleased to be building our flagship facility in Bluffton,” said Mark Lupke, President & CEO of EnviroKure. “Indiana’s business climate has made this possible. The Indiana Economic Development Corporation, along with the Northeast Indiana Partnership and Wells County Economic Development, has worked hard to help us identify the ideal location and navigate the state and local construction permitting process. I appreciate the strong support for food and agricultural innovation from Governor Holcomb and the vision and leadership of AgriNovus Indiana to elevate the state’s agbioscience sector.”

As an incentive, IEDC offered EnviroKure up to $165,000 in conditional incentives based on the company’s job creation and investment plans. These incentives are performance-based, meaning until Hoosiers are hired, the company is not eligible to claim incentives. The city of Bluffton has offered additional incentives.

“AgriNovus enthusiastically welcomes EnviroKure to the Indiana agbioscience community,” said Beth Bechdol, President & CEO of AgriNovus Indiana. “In preparation for building their new facility here, we have supported their team in developing meaningful relationships in northeastern Indiana and across the state with key business partners and industry leaders. Together, IEDC and AgriNovus and our stakeholders make for an impactful public-private partnership that is successfully attracting growing companies to Indiana.”

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