Our Company

A quarter century of
turning kernels into chemistry.

From a single wet-milling line in 1998 to an integrated complex spanning 413,300 m² — Shandong Golden Corn has grown alongside China's bio-economy, and now serves customers on every continent.

Our Story

A vertically integrated corn refiner built on science & scale.

Founded in March 1998 in the fertile plains of Shouguang, Shandong — the "Vegetable Capital of China" — Shandong Golden Corn Co., Ltd. was born from a simple conviction: the humble corn kernel deserves better chemistry.

Today we are a comprehensive enterprise group employing more than 1,600 people across a 413,300 m² production complex, with total assets exceeding USD 148 million. Our integrated operations combine primary starch extraction, enzymatic sweetener production, amino-acid fermentation, and advanced bio-polymer synthesis — all on a single site.

An on-site 52,000 kWh thermal-power plant keeps our process steam and electricity flowing reliably, while imported analytical instrumentation and a dedicated R&D team ensure every batch meets international specification.

The result: a supply partner that can ship a pallet of food-grade starch to a bakery in Oslo, a tanker of 98.5% L-Lysine HCL to a feed mill in Texas, and a container of biodegradable PLA to a packaging converter in São Paulo — all in the same week.

Persisting in science, contributing first-class quality, maintaining high starting points and standards.

— Golden Corn Quality Charter

Key Milestones

A timeline of growth

  1. 1998
    Company Founded

    Shandong Golden Corn Co., Ltd. established in Shouguang, Shandong Province. First wet-milling line commissioned.

  2. 1999
    ISO 9001 Certification

    Quality management system audited and certified — just one year after founding.

  3. 2005
    "Shengyu" Starch — Chinese Famous Product

    Our flagship corn starch brand is officially designated a Chinese Famous Product by the State Administration.

  4. 2010s
    Downstream Expansion

    L-Lysine fermentation, lactic acid, lactide and modified-starch lines added — completing the value chain.

  5. Today
    Global Bio-Materials Supplier

    ISO 9001, 14001, GMP, HACCP certified. 13 product lines shipped across six continents — plus PLA bioplastics for the circular economy.

Production Capacity

Scale that matches the ambition

Annual output across our integrated facility.

Corn Starch
670,000 t/yr

Food, pharmaceutical and industrial grades produced under ISO 9001 and HACCP controls.

L-Lysine
450,000 t/yr

High-purity sulphate and 98.5% HCL grades for premium feed formulations.

Modified Starch
30,000 t/yr

Custom functional formulations — oxidised, esterified, etherified, cross-linked — for 2,000+ applications.

Integrated Infrastructure

Everything under one roof.

  • On-site thermal-power plant — 52,000 kWh installed capacity for process steam & electricity independence.
  • Advanced international equipment from European and Japanese OEMs for wet-milling, centrifugation, and polymer extrusion.
  • Imported testing instruments — HPLC, GC-MS, rheometers, ICP — ensuring every specification is verifiable.
  • Dedicated R&D team partnering with Chinese universities on modified-starch, lactide and PLA innovations.
  • Closed-loop by-product recovery — corn germ, CGM, and CGF from the starch process feed into our animal nutrition lines.
GOLDEN CORN

What we stand for

Three principles, one product.

Quality First

Every batch is inspected against ISO 9001 and HACCP protocols before it leaves the gate. No compromise, no exceptions.

Innovation Driven

From cross-linked starches to polylactic acid, our R&D team turns bench chemistry into industrial reality — 2,000+ modified-starch variants and counting.

Global Partnership

Long-term supply relationships across Asia, Europe, and the Americas — backed by reliable logistics, documentation, and local support.

Ready to work with us?

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