BEAM Circular announced at its Biocatalyst Industry & Innovation Exchange that it has selected a site in Modesto’s Beard Industrial District for the California Bioeconomy Innovation Campus—a first-of-its-kind facility designed to accelerate development of circular bioeconomy technologies and enable the growth of biomanufacturing across California’s Central Valley and beyond.
The Campus will provide shared pilot and demonstration facilities, serving as a center of excellence for zero-waste biomanufacturing. The multi-tenant Campus will help companies bridge the gap between research and commercial manufacturing through shared infrastructure, technical resources, and commercialization support. The Campus will also feature a community visitor center and support student field trips, workforce training, and a wide range of innovation activities and community partnerships.
The project is expected to directly create 100–140 permanent jobs at full operation, along with significant construction employment opportunities. More broadly, the Campus is designed to catalyze long-term regional economic growth by attracting biomanufacturing companies, strengthening domestic supply chains, and helping agricultural industries and rural communities unlock new value from underutilized biomass resources such as nut shells, winery byproducts, orchard wood waste, forestry residues, and food processing sidestreams…