Carbios
EMEA
Clermont-Ferrand
,
France
Scaleup
FOUNDED
2011
HEADCOUNT
101-500
FUNDING
Public
Keywords:
enzymes, plastics_recycling, directed_evolution
BUSINESS
Carbios is a publicly traded French biotech company (Euronext Growth: ALCRB) founded in 2011 in Clermont-Ferrand, specializing in enzymatic depolymerization of PET plastic and polyester textile waste back to virgin-quality monomers. A first-of-kind 50,000 tpa biorecycling plant has been planned in Longlaville, France in partnership with Indorama Ventures. Brand consortium partners include L'Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo, Suntory, Patagonia, and PUMA; they also have a partnership with Wankai (China) targeting Asian deployment.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; publicly traded French biotech (Clermont-Ferrand, 2011) commercializing engineered hydrolytic enzymes for biorecycling of PET plastics and polyester textiles into monomers for repolymerization.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
Enzymatic depolymerization; PET biorecycling
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
PETase enzymes and biorecycling process for plastics and textiles