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Newlight Technologies

AirCarbon
Product Brand:
AirCarbon
Founded:
2003
Funding:
Coming soon
Locations:
California, USA
No. of employees:
51-200
AirCarbon Blue Pellets
Category:
Plastics / Foams
Product:
Plastic
Availability:
Available to brand partners
Technology:
Microbial fermentation of microorganisms fed with captured GHGs (diluted with air), minerals and saltwater, to produce a polymer (Polyhydroxybutyrate or PHB) inside cells (biofabricated). PHB is filtered, washed and dried into powder as an thermoplastic input for biobased polyester alternative
Scale:
Initial Commerical Volumes
TRL:
Coming soon
Technical Partners:
CNX (waste methane), Long Ridge (production facility), Sumitomo Chemical
Brand Partners:
H&M, Nike
Composition:
Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)
Feedstock:
Microbes, GHG emissions, saline solution, air
Other materials:
Not publicly disclosed
Other Finishes / Chemistries:
Not publicly disclosed
Spec Sheet/s:
YES
Certifications / Standards:
PAS 2050: 2011, ISO 14046-3
Product Images:
AirCarbon White Pellets and AirCarbon Leather
AirCarbon Pellets
AirCarbon x Covalent Laptop Sleeve 2021
AirCarbon x Covalent Sunglasses 2021
S2_AirCarbon x Covalent Leather Bag 2020