Carbios is a French company in the field of

biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

. It holds a number of worldwide patents. Among other things Carbios has invented an industrial application of

enzymes Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrate (chemistry), substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecule ...

renders plastic waste compostable. The company resides in the French

science park A science park (also called a "university research park", "technology park”, "technopark", “technopole", or a "science and technology park" (STP)) is defined as being a property-based development that accommodates and fosters the growt ...

Biopôle Clermont-Limagne The Biopôle Clermont-Limagne is a French science park and business incubator hosting biotechnology companies. It holds 3 different sites, all located close to Clermont-Ferrand in France: * Saint-Beauzire (the initial location) * Riom *Clermo ...

, close to

Saint-Beauzire, Puy-de-Dôme Saint-Beauzire is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Population Economy The headquarters of Groupe Limagrain, an international agricultural co-operative group, specialized in field seeds, vegetable seeds ...

in the

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. One of their partners is the INSA Toulouse (National Institute for Applied Sciences).

History

Carbios was founded in 2011. Since 2013 it is listed at the stock index

Euronext Growth Euronext Growth is a multilateral trading facility (MTF) operated by Euronext. This equity trading market that was opened May 17, 2005 to address an opportunity posed by small to medium-sized firms that were anticipated to desire easier access t ...

, a subsidiary of

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. On January 19, 2019, Carbios announced a partnership with Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB) as a new investor. In April 2020 Carbios gained attention due to an article in

Nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physics, physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomenon, phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. ...

which explained how a

hydrolase Hydrolase is a class of enzyme that commonly perform as biochemical catalysts that use water to break a chemical bond, which typically results in dividing a larger molecule into smaller molecules. Some common examples of hydrolase enzymes are este ...

enzyme designed by Carbios enabled to recycle 90% of all

PET A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal. Popular pets are often considered to have attractive appearances, intelligence, ...

plastic waste within 10 hours. In the following a number of big companies including

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and Nestle became partners.

Main Stockholders

Structure

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

biodegradation Biodegradation is the breakdown of organic matter by microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi. It is generally assumed to be a natural process, which differentiates it from composting. Composting is a human-driven process in which biodegrada ...

Depolymerization Depolymerization (or depolymerisation) is the process of converting a polymer into a monomer or a mixture of monomers. This process is driven by an increase in entropy. Ceiling temperature The tendency of polymers to depolymerize is indicated by ...

plastic waste Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat. Plastics that act as pollutants are catego ...

Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...

for the production of plastic from biologicial ingredients such as

lactic acid Lactic acid is an organic acid. It has a molecular formula . It is white in the solid state and it is miscible with water. When in the dissolved state, it forms a colorless solution. Production includes both artificial synthesis as well as natu ...

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

Novozymes Novozymes A/S is a global biotechnology company headquartered in Bagsværd outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. The company's focus is the research, development and production of industrial enzymes, microorganisms, and biopharmaceutical ingredients. ...

References

External links

Biopôle Clermont-Limagne Technology park for life sciences
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