CPM|Crown

An innovative, global leader and partner in oilseed extraction for 75+ years, CPM|Crown offers custom process engineering, equipment and piloting for crush, refining, biofuels, renewable diesel (HVO) pretreatment, SAF, oleochemical and specialty markets including plant-based proteins, hemp/CBD, food & beverage, fibers/polymers/waxes, nutraceuticals/botanicals, pharma and specialty chemicals.

Crown’s Global Innovation Center is a world-class 15,000 square-foot fully functional pilot plant, training center and analytical lab. Here, customers can access real-world capabilities in a confidential, controlled environment to develop and test product and process feasibility, run benchtop scale to custom processing, commercialize, and train staff. Combined with Crown’s technical expertise, guidance and proven technologies, the Innovation Center enables customers to optimize efficiencies of current operations and bring new products to market faster and more sustainably with less risk.

Crown’s latest innovation, Monarc Clean Oilseed Processing™ is a proven patent-pending, alcohol-based process that gives companies the option to replace current solvents in their extraction supply chains, deliver high-value, clean-label ingredients and products (including organic), create an overall safer working environment and meet sustainability goals—all at the scale and economics of current solvent technology.

Crown’s Lifecycle360 program is a suite of single-source support services that helps customers optimize their operations, from pre-engineering to debottlenecking aging plants.

Crown, a division of CPM Holdings Inc., is a 148-year-old, Minnesota-based global company with additional offices around the world.