In France, Carbios, a pioneer in the development of enzymatic solutions dedicated to the end-of-life of plastic and textile polymers, will accelerate the industrial development of its revolutionary enzymatic recycling process (C-ZYME) with the construction of its reference unit in Europe. After studying several potential location proposals, Carbios has shortlisted two of the worlds’ leading […]
In California, Codexis, Inc., enzyme engineering company, provided a business update with their Sustainable Manufacturing business demonstrating “remarkable growth, as we significantly executed against the large enzyme orders we received from Pfizer to support its COVID-19 antiviral therapeutic candidate” as well as strong results in the faster-to-market food sector, including enzyme sales for Tate & […]
In Denmark, Novozymes launched the natural and biodegradable detergent ingredient Pristine, a phosphodiesterase enzyme (PDE) that breaks down grime, dirt and odor and even prevents it from latching onto fabrics in the first place. Pristine addresses some of biggest unsolved consumer challenges within the laundry category, tackling malodor and discoloration at the source. “This is […]
In Colorado, researchers in the Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment (BOTTLE) Consortium, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Portsmouth, identified using enzymes as a more sustainable approach for recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a common plastic in single-use beverage bottles, clothing, and food packaging. The concept, […]
News came from Carbios, the French biotech company pioneering new enzymatic solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, that they acquired shares of a joint venture, Carbiolice – which strengthens its capacity to develop its activities on polymers biodegradation beyond PLA (polylactic acid). You may recall that in May, Carbios raised about […]
In Germany, a research team from the Technical University of Munich, the RUB, the Center national de la recherche scientifique Marseille and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Mülheim an der Ruhr succeeded in incorporating the sensitive enzymes into a protective polymer in such a way that they can also be used […]
In Germany, BASF Venture Capital invested in Bota Biosciences, Ltd., an industrial synthetic biotech company based in China that is developing a proprietary next-generation biotechnology platform which enables sustainable and economical production of high value products for a broad array of industrial applications such as sweeteners, vitamins, personal care or crop protection products. Industrial biotechnology […]
In California, Codexis’s 2020 full year product gross margin exceeds 50% for the first time in company’s history and expects 2021 to be strong as well with projected total revenues of $82-85 million and product revenues of $36-39 million, especially thanks to its enzyme engineering platform, CodeEvolver. “Codexis delivered strong results in 2020, despite the […]
In Sweden, EnginZyme, a company developing a technology platform for sustainable production of chemicals, closed an extension to its Series A financing round, bringing the total raised to €11 million or about $13 million. The extension round was led by Industrifonden, Sweden’s largest deep tech venture capital firm, followed by SEB Greentech VC and existing […]
In Germany, Ruhr-Universität Bochum researchers are looking at how hydrogen-producing enzymes, or hydrogenases, could be a source of regenerative energy. A hydrogenase from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , which has so far hardly been researched, has now been characterized more precisely by the RUB photobiotechnology working group. Enzyme twin with biotechnological potential Green algae […]
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