Specs, not aspirations
We quote against real windows and publish a CoA on every lot. If a number isn't defensible, we don't print it.
01— About Renovo
WE ENGINEER PARTICLES
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUILD A PLANT.
Renovo is a toll manufacturer for sustainable materials, based in Cookeville, Tennessee. We turn bench-scale formulations into commercial granules, coatings and powders — without the capital expense of your own facility.
02— The Short Version
THE FACTORY
IS OPTIONAL.
Building a granulation plant is a multi-million-dollar bet placed before you’ve sold a single bag. We exist to remove that bet.
Bring us a formulation — a fertilizer blend, a biochar, a filtration medium, a specialty additive — and we’ll take it from bench validation through commercial campaigns and out our dock as a finished pallet. You keep your capital, your focus, and your IP.
We run two granulation lines and a full coating and analytical suite under one roof, staffed by people who have been doing this for decades.
COOKEVILLE, TN03— How We Think
FOUR PRINCIPLES
WE WON’T BEND.
Risk before capital
Our stage-gate retires the expensive unknowns at bench scale, so you spend on production only once the economics are proven.
Your IP stays yours
Mutual NDA on day one, before a project is even discussed. Most of what leaves our floor, we can never show.
A team, not a job-shop
Forty-plus years of process engineering on staff. We solve the material-science puzzle, not just run the batch.
40+YRS
Process engineering on staff
20KFT²
Manufacturing floor
2LINES
Granulation trains
4SECTORS
Industries served
04— Leadership
WHO YOU
ACTUALLY TALK TO.
Renovo is small on purpose. The people who scope your project are the people who run it.
John Borden
Chief Executive Officer
Sets Renovo's strategy around sustainable manufacturing and infrastructure-as-a-service for materials innovators. University of Tennessee alumnus.
Matt Martin
VP Product Development
Technical architect of Renovo's granulation platform. Leads feasibility studies and R&D for agricultural and industrial materials. University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
— Common Questions
ABOUT THE COMPANY.
What does Renovo Sustainable Products do?
Renovo is a toll manufacturer specialising in particle engineering. Clients bring a formulation; Renovo supplies the granulation lines, coating equipment, analytical lab and process engineering to turn it into a commercial product. The company operates a 20,000 square foot plant in Cookeville, Tennessee, serving agriculture, filtration, construction and industrial materials markets.
Who runs Renovo?
John Borden is Chief Executive Officer, setting strategy around sustainable manufacturing and infrastructure-as-a-service for materials innovators. Matt Martin is VP Product Development and the technical architect of the granulation platform, leading feasibility studies and R&D. Both are University of Tennessee alumni, and the company carries more than forty years of process engineering experience on staff.
How is toll manufacturing different from contract manufacturing?
The terms overlap heavily and are often used interchangeably. In the stricter sense, toll manufacturing means the client supplies the raw material and pays a conversion fee for processing, while contract manufacturing means the manufacturer also sources the inputs. Renovo works both ways, and material supplied by a client stays the client's property throughout.
08— Engage
SEND THE SPEC.
WE’LL QUOTE THE PROCESS.
Project intake takes ten minutes. We’ll counter with a bench-stage plan, a cost window, and a calendar.
RENOVO LLC1410 IMPERIAL DR · COOKEVILLE TN 38506+1 731 207 0604