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- 2 June 2023
Emmanuel Macron, President of France
“Transforming plastic waste into recycled and recyclable plastic, this is the mission of French company Carbios. Thanks to the ongoing support of the French government,...
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- 23 March 2022
Surge into plastic recycling by chemicals and oil groups meets pushback
Industry tests the definition of sustainability as it uses energy-intensive processes to break down waste.
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- 5 February 2022
How ‘super-enzymes’ that eat plastics could curb our waste problem
[…] The most advanced project is run by Carbios, a French biotechnology company. In September 2021 it opened a pilot plant in Clermont-Ferrand, where it will...
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- 17 November 2021
MIT Technology Review
Carbios has been developing enzymatic recycling since the company was founded in 2011. Its process relies on enzymes to chop up the long chains of polymers that make up plastic.
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- 31 October 2021
Enzymatic recycling: Carbios inaugurates industrial demonstration plant
On September 29, 2021, we were invited to attend the opening event of the industrial demonstration plant in Clermont-Ferrand / France. Carbios pursues two goals...
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- 3 May 2021
Plastics Today – Michelin Approves Use of Polyester Tire Cord Recycled from Waste PET Bottles
“Nearly three billion plastic bottles per year could be recycled into technical fibers for use in the company’s tires by applying Carbios’ enzymatic recycling technology...
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- 8 April 2020
Publication of an article in the prestigious scientific journal Nature
We made the cover of Nature!
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Press releases
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Carbios aims to be a leader in growing r-PET market with an ambition to capture 8 to 12% share by 2035 through licensing model
6 June 2023 | 6h45Carbios has recently consolidated key partnerships with Indorama Ventures and Novozymes, and has announced funding and investment of over €150 million for the first PET...
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Carbios to host a Strategic Update following financing support to be received from the French State, the Grand-Est region and the industrial partnership with Indorama Ventures
2 June 2023 | 6h45With new financing of over €150 million to be allocated to the construction of the world’s first PET biorecycling plant[1], Carbios confirms its ambition to...
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Carbios and Indorama Ventures reaffirm partnership to build first-of-a-kind PET biorecycling plant in France
1 June 2023 | 18h30Clermont-Ferrand, France, and Bangkok, Thailand – 1 June 2023 (18:30 CET) – Carbios (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a biotech company developing and industrializing biological solutions...
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Carbios will receive grants totaling €54 million from French State via France 2030 and Grand-Est Region to finance construction of world’s first PET biorecycling plant and accelerate R&D activities
31 May 2023 | 18h30€11.4 million granted in funding from the French State via France 2030 for Carbios and its research partners to accelerate R&D and innovation work on...
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Carbios recognized as a flagship start-up in French green innovation at the Choose France Summit
15 May 2023 | 19h00Carbios selected as one of 10 companies representing French innovation at the “Choose France” international business summit organized by the Elysée Palace Carbios’ innovative technologies...
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Carbios accelerates its enzyme optimization with screening capabilities for millions of enzymes in a day
18 April 2023 | 6h45Carbios has developed an ultra-high throughput microfluidic screening of PET-depolymerizing enzymes in partnership with the Paul Pascal Research Center[1], a joint research unit of the...