BOONE, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen celebrated the expansion of bioindustrial manufacturing in Iowa as they joined executives of BioMADE at the ISU BioCentury Research Farm Friday for a groundbreaking ceremony.

The event celebrated the kickoff of the $40 million project to bring BioMADE , a Manufacturing Innovation Institute backed by the U.S. Department of War, to the ISU facility. The Iowa facility was funded using $10 million from the Iowa Economic Development Authority, $10 million from ISU and $20 million from BioMADE, in addition to receiving support from the U.S. Department of War.

The site, which measures 15,000 square feet, will be a pilot-scale biomanufacturing plant in Boone, designed to support th

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