CPM Crown
Industrial Machinery ManufacturingMinnesota, United States201-500 Employees
CPM Crown is an industrial machinery manufacturer focused on oilseed extraction, delivering custom process engineering and proven technologies for markets including crush, refining, biofuels, renewable diesel pretreatment, oleochemicals, and various specialty sectors. The company is headquartered in Blaine, Minnesota, and operates a Global Innovation Center that houses a 15,000-square-foot pilot plant, an analytical lab, and training facilities to test feasibility and scale processes from benchtop to commercial production. Crown’s engineering teams apply a global perspective to real-world manufacturing challenges, aiming to reduce energy and water use, transform waste into saleable products, and strengthen supply chain resilience. The Global Innovation Center also includes the Liquids Pilot Plant, a facility designed to test and scale renewable diesel/HVO, sustainable aviation fuel, edible oils, oleochemicals, and related liquid-extraction products. In March 2025 Crown announced the launch of a Vacuum Desolventizer Stripper, a system that enables continuous indirect vacuum drying and desolventization for temperature-sensitive products.