Carbios

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Carbios
TypePublic
ISINFR0011648716
IndustryBiochemistry
Founded2011
FoundersJean-Claude Lumaret
HeadquartersBiopôle Clermont-Limagne,
France
Area served
Worldwide
Services
SubsidiariesCarbolice
Websitecarbios.fr/en/

Carbios is a French company in the field of biochemistry. It holds a number of worldwide patents.[1] Among other things Carbios has invented an industrial application of enzymes renders plastic waste compostable.[2] The company resides in the French science park Biopôle Clermont-Limagne, close to Saint-Beauzire, Puy-de-Dôme in the Auvergne. One of their partners is the INSA Toulouse (National Institute for Applied Sciences).[3]

History[]

Carbios was founded in 2011. Since 2013 it is listed at the stock index Euronext Growth, a subsidiary of Euronext.[4]

On January 19, 2019, Carbios announced a partnership with as a new investor.

In April 2020 Carbios gained attention due to an article in Nature which explained how a hydrolase enzyme designed by Carbios enabled to recycle 90% of all PET plastic waste within 10 hours.[5][6] In the following a number of big companies including PepsiCo and Nestle became partners.[7][8]

Main Stockholders[]

Truffle Capital 20,9%
Ostrum Asset Management 2,54%
La Française Asset Management 1,37%
OFI Asset Management 1,30%
SG 29 Haussmann 0,72%
Garraway Capital Management 0,61%
BBVA Asset Management 0,43%
Chaussier Gestion 0,28%
Friedland Gestion 0,12%

Structure[]

Carbios runs three departments, all based on their application of enzymes:

In order to pursue the further development concerning biodegradation, Carbios has founded the subsidiary Carbiolice, which is a joint-venture with Limagrain and Novozymes.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Carbios Significantly Strengthened Its International Patent Portfolio". Barron's. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "A huge step forward. Mutant enzyme could vastly improve recycling of plastic bottles". American Association for the Advancement of Science. April 8, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours". The Guardian. April 8, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Turning Plastic Waste into a Profit". waste360.com. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  5. ^ "An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles". Nature. April 8, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  6. ^ "Carbios, a French green chemistry company, publishes an article on its PET enzymatic recycling technology in the scientific magazine Nature". plasticethics.com. April 30, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  7. ^ "Why PepsiCo, L'Oreal and Nestle are banking on this French plastics recycling startup". greenbiz.com. May 7, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  8. ^ "L'ORÉAL and CARBIOS sign agreement to jointly found consortium for bio-recycling of plastic on industrial scale". L'Oréal. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "PET Recycling Using Enzymes: Carbios Reports Progress". packaging-360.com. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  10. ^ "Carbolice enzyme additiv makes PLA packaging compostable". luxepackaginginsight.com. April 28, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020.

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