Carbios S.A.. (1/17/19). "Press Release: Carbios and TWB Receive €7.5 Million Funding to Accelerate the Industrialization of the Biorecycling of PET Plastics and Fibers". Clermont-Ferrand.

	Organisation	Carbios S.A. (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB)
	Group	Carbios (Group)
	Organisation 2	Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB)
	Group	INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) (FR)
	Product	industrial biotechnology
	Product 2	PET (polyethylene terephthalate)
	Person	Lumaret, Jean-Claude (Carbios 201501 CEO)
	Person 2	Monsan, Pierre (Cell-Easy 202103 CEO + INRA 201511 Founding Director of Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB))

> Funding from the Investments for the Future Program operated by ADEME

> €4.1 million for CARBIOS

> New step towards the industrialization

> New opportunities in the recycling of fibers and textile

CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a pioneer company in the field of bioplasturgy, and Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB) today announce €7.5 million of funding from the Investments for the Future Program operated by ADEME to support, over a period of 39 months, the scale-up of the Company’s industrial and commercial PET plastics and fibers biorecycling project.

PET is one of the most common polymers on the market. It is used to make everyday consumer goods such as bottles, packaging and fibers especially for clothing. 70 million tons of PET are produced each year from fossil resources[1]. Since 2012, CARBIOS develops a world pioneering process enabling to produce new virgin plastics from waste plastics according circular economy principles.

The €7.5 million funding has been granted by the General Secretariat for Investments (SGPI) as part of the Investments for the Future Program operated by ADEME for circular economy projects. This funding, which comes in the form of grants and conditional advances, will be paid in several instalments over the period of this CE-PET project[2] and includes a first payment of 15%.

CARBIOS, coordinator and lead manager of the project, will oversee the acceleration of the industrialization of its PET plastics and fibers technology, and will be able to receive up to €4.1million.

Jean-Claude LUMARET, CEO of CARBIOS comments: « We would like to thank the French environment and energy management agency for its renewed confidence in the innovations developed by CARBIOS. This funding represents an important step that will allow us to accelerate the industrialization of our technology.”

For Pierre MONSAN, Founder of TWB: “We are very proud of the scientific milestones achieved through this collaboration between CARBIOS and TWB. Our partnership has led to the emergence of new sustainable and eco-friendly solutions to the management of plastics lifecycle. This funding highlights the commitment of French public authorities to make possible the industrial development of innovative processes that can become key alternatives to conventional chemistry.”

[1] Source: IHS Markit IN 2018

[2] Circular Economy PET Project

About CARBIOS

CARBIOS is a green chemistry company whose innovations are designed to meet environmental and sustainable development issues faced by global industrial players. Since its creation in 2011, CARBIOS has developed two industrial bioprocesses dedicated to the biodegradation and the biorecycling of polymers. These breakthrough innovations, which are a worldwide premiere, leverage the highly specific properties of enzymes to optimize the performances and the life cycle of plastic and textile materials. CARBIOS’ economic development model is based on the industrialization and commercialization of its products, enzymes, technologies, and bioprocesses via the concession of licenses, directly or via joint ventures to major industrial players in the sectors that can make use of the Company’s innovative technologies. For instance, CARBIOS created in September 2016, the joint-venture CARBIOLICE, in partnership with Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients and the SPI investment fund run by Bpifrance. This company, controlled by CARBIOS, will operate the first patented enzymatic biodegradation technology licensed by CARBIOS by producing enzymated pellets to be used for the production of a new generation of bio-sourced and biodegradable plastics. Since inception, CARBIOS benefits from the financial support of the leading European venture capital firm Truffle Capital. CARBIOS was granted the label “Young Innovative Company” by Bpifrance (former OSEO) and is eligible for investments by private equity mutual funds (FCPIs).

For more information, please visit: www.carbios.fr

CARBIOS is eligible for the PEA-PME, a government program allowing French residents investing in SMEs to benefit from income tax rebates.

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Record changed: 2023-06-05