Clermont-Ferrand, on June 13, 2017 (06.45 GMT) – CARBIOS (Alternext Paris : ALCRB), a company pioneer in the field of the bioplasturgie, announces that it has reached a new milestone by producing oligomers of PET from terephthalic acid resulting from the process of biorecyclage PET bottles.
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The synthesis of PET is performed in two major steps :
The first, considered to be the most critical, is to achieve the synthesis of oligomers of PET, from monomers of terephthalic acid and mono ethylene glycol.
The second allows for the synthesis of PET by polycondensation of oligomers previously obtained.
In taking this first step successfully, CARBIOS demonstrates that it is now possible to use waste plastic PET rather than fossil resources for the synthesis of oligomers of PET.
CARBIOS had previously demonstrated the depolymerization selective PET bottles for the return to the monomers initial. A first ascent in the scale of the process of depolymerization enzymatic PET bottles has since been carried out. After a proof-of-concept on the scale of some hundred milliliters, this depolymerization was carried out in a reactor of 5 liters and 100 liters. At this final scale, 20 kg of PET were treated and depolymerized to over 90%. The performance of depolymerization of the process proved to be identical in all respects, regardless of the volume of the reactor used, demonstrating the robustness of the process. At the end of the depolymerization, the terephthalic acid product was recovered and purified. It has a purity of more than 99% and the techniques of analysis of reference do not allow to differentiate it from terephthalic acid, commercial product from oil.
Alain MARTY, Chief Scientific officer of CARBIOS says : “We have demonstrated that the purity of terephthalic acid obtained by our enzymatic process original allowed the efficient synthesis of oligomers of PET. This is a new important step which confirms the industrial potential of our technology. We are very confident in the demonstration next to a complete recycling of waste PET bottles into new PET bottles, quality equivalent to original products. It is now our short-term goal before conducting, with the actors of the value chain of the PET, the steering line and the demonstration of industrial process. ”
About CARBIOS
CARBIOS is a chemical company green whose innovations meet the challenges of environment and sustainable development faced by the industry. Since its creation in 2011, the Company has developed two industrial bioprocesses in the field of bioremediation and biorecyclage polymers. These innovations, which are a first in the world to help optimize the performance and the life cycle of plastics, and textiles by exploiting the properties of enzymes highly specific. The economic development model of CARBIOS is based on the industrialization and the marketing of its products and/or enzymes, its technologies and its bioprocesses through licensing directly or through joint ventures in major industrial sectors affected by the innovations of the Company. In this respect, CARBIOS was founded in September 2016, the joint venture CARBIOLICE, in partnership with Limagrain Cereal Ingredients, and the fund’s SPI operated by Bpifrance. This company, in which CARBIOS ensures majority control, will operate the first technology licensed by CARBIOS in producing pellets enzymés for the manufacture of biodegradable plastics and bio-based. Since its inception, CARBIOS is supported by Truffle Capital (a leading european venture capital firm. CARBIOS benefits from the qualification “Innovative Company” by Bpifrance for the eligibility of the Company’s securities to the investment of Mutual Funds in Innovation (FCIC).
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