Overview

The Charles City plant, located on 225 acres about 35 miles southeast of Mason City and 175 miles south of Minneapolis, produces ethanol, distillers grains livestock feed and fuel- and feed-grade corn oil. With original startup in April 2007, the plant was acquired by Valero in April 2009. Corn is purchased from within 50 miles.

Charles City on the map

Charles City By the Numbers

  • ~65 employees
  • 140 million gallons per year ethanol production capacity
  • 368,000 tons pers year dried distillers grains production
  • 49 million bushels per year corn processing capacity
  • More than $530,000 contributed to the local United Way through employee pledges, additional donations and company matches since 2013
  • Provided $313,000 from the Valero Texas Open and Benefit for Children to local children’s charities since 2013
  • More than 14,000 hours volunteered by Charles City plant employees supporting local nonprofits since 2013

By the Numbers

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In Our Community

Charles City Employees Give Back

Valero Charles City Volunteer Group

Volunteer Hours

Charles City employees have volunteered more than 14,000 hours to local nonprofits since 2013.

Valero Texas Open golf ball

Benefiting Children

Provided $313,000 from the Valero Texas Open and Benefit for Children to local children’s charities since 2013

Valero volunteer t-shirt

United Way Giving

More than $530,000 contributed to the local United Way through employee pledges, additional donations and company matches

since 2013

Safety Awards & Honors

Valero Charles City Star Award Luncheon

 

Valero’s first Super STAR award recipient, under the company’s STAR Metric awards, after going four consecutive quarters with no incidents in five key areas of process safety, reliability, environmental, rail safety, and policy and procedure compliance.

 

Third Valero Chairman’s Renewables Plant Excellence Award in 2018 after incurring no employee or contractor injuries for the year, and going more than six years without an environmental incident and more than three years without a reliability event.

Local Information

Farmers Work Hard to Produce and Harvest Corn

At Valero, we work hard to maximize the value of U.S. corn production by connecting farmers to premium markets across the globe.

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Contact Us Plant Manager: Chad Buffington