Project Description
Billings, MT
Wyo-Ben, Inc.
Fund
Fund
VI
Investment Date
Investment Date
2023
Industrial Manufacturing / Pet Products and Services
Industrial Manufacturing / Pet Products and Services
Wyo-Ben, Inc.
Based in Billings, Montana, with over 70 years of operations, Wyo-Ben is a 5th generation family business with extensive experience extracting and processing sodium bentonite. The Company operates four production facilities across the Wyoming Big Horn Basin. Wyo-Ben supplies bentonite as the primary ingredient used in cat litter (to third parties and its own operations), as well as mission-critical bentonite products for industrial applications, including oil well drilling, horizontal directional drilling, water well drilling, iron ore pelletizing, water treatment, and more. In 2021, the Company opened its cat litter packaging facility in Billings, MT, to provide private-label cat litter for major big-box retail customers, utilizing its own sodium bentonite as the core ingredient.
Wyo-Ben, Inc.
Wyo-Ben has been in business since 1951 and is a leading producer of Wyoming Bentonite Clay based products. Wyo-Ben’s materials are used globally in applications such as oil, gas, and water well drilling, environmental construction and remediation, hazardous wastewater treatment, cat litter, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals, as well as many other industrial and consumer related products.
“The Bison Capital team brings a wealth of experience to support our strategic vision as we continue to grow while maintaining our focus on excellence, quality, and customer satisfaction. We selected Bison because of their focus on growing businesses, collaborative approach, and appreciation for maintaining Wyo-Ben’s family culture.”
David Brown, Chief Executive Officer of Wyo-Ben
