Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
PO Box 1800, Pekin, IL 61555-1800, United States
(309)347-9200, (309)346-0742 fax, http://www.aventinerei.com

Primary SIC: Chemicals & Chemical Preps, Not Elsewhere Classified, Primary NAICS: All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product Manufacturing
Description: Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. is a Delaware corporation organized in 2003, as the successor to businesses engaged in the production and marketing of ethanol since 1981. The company was acquired by the Morgan Stanley Capital Partners funds from a subsidiary of The Williams Companies Inc. on May 30, 2003. Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings began publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange on July 5, 2006. Headquartered in Pekin, Ill., the company is a producer and marketer of fuel-grade ethanol in the United States. Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings has also been a large marketer of ethanol, distributing ethanol purchased from other third-party producers in addition to its own ethanol production. The company markets and distributes ethanol to many of the leading energy companies in the U.S., including Royal Dutch Shell, Marathon Petroleum, BP, ConocoPhillips, Valero Marketing and Supply Company, Exxon/Mobil and Chevron. In addition to producing ethanol, the company's facilities also produce several co-products, such as distillers grain, corn gluten meal and feed, corn germ and brewers' yeast, which generate incremental revenue and allow the company to help offset a significant portion of its corn costs.Manufacturing: Chemical additives.