Biodegradable material from the fishery in the lab
CuanTec, the blue biotechnology company is creating a circular economy where waste from the processing of the fisheries industry is put to good use.
Established in 2017 with steadfast support from dedicated investors, spearheaded by Hive Energy, Scottish Enterprise, and the Founders Factory, CuanTec emerges as a pioneering biotechnology enterprise committed to catalysing positive global change. We are driven by our portfolio of innovative products, underpinned by meticulous management practices and an unwavering dedication to transparency.
At the heart of our expertise lies the production of top-tier Chitin and Chitosan, characterized by a seamless traceability back to their origins. Notably, our team of scientists has achieved a breakthrough with a groundbreaking, proprietary technology capable of biologically extracting chitin, proteins, minerals, and lipids from shellfish waste and mushrooms. The result? CuanTec boasts a proprietary, ultrapure, full-chain-length, and high molecular weight chitin—a global rarity. This unique offering unlocks a plethora of applications previously unattainable with commercially available chitin/chitosan, spanning the biomedical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, agricultural, and food sectors.
As of their logo correctly spoken, CuanTec is opening up the potential of the sea with a circular economy using innovation and technology to create new materials from natural sources.
CuanTec have created a novel process, using biology, to extract high quality chitin from fisheries waste of the fisheries, and we use this, the world’s 2nd most abundant natural biopolymer to create non-plastic alternatives for products of high consumer demand. The first product introduced for packaging from foodwaste which is preventing pollution and also extending shelf-life of delicate products such as fresh fish. With zero tolerance to marine pollution isn’t time for luxury yacht chandlers and suppliers to start promoting this great packaging?
CuanTec has already succeeded to extract value from waste, offer a solution with the replacement of critical raw materials like all types of plastic, present biodegradability, natural raw materials replacing synthetics, with impact to reducing the environmental damage of plastics.
CuanTec is opening up the potential of the sea
Every year, 8.8 million tones of plastic end up in the sea; a third of it has been used only once. A garbage patch of 3.5m sq.km made of plastic is floating in the Pacific. An uninhabited island has been found covered in plastic brought by the ocean. Those are examples of what our plastic consumption does to the planet. This is why we began our journey to the new generation of bio-plastic food packaging.
Almost a third of the food created in western nations is wasted. 10% of that loss occurs between farm and supermarket shelf.
Each year, in the UK alone, 7,000,000 tonnes of food from homes and 240,000 tones from supermarkets end up in a landfill. That loss creates a stink, it costs money, and it is avoidable.
Those problems are above national disgrace, they are worldwide, and they must be tackled
Process
Cuantec is extracting biologically a naturally occurring biopolymer, chitin from fish processing waste, a substance found in langoustine shells, then, de-acetylate it to obtain chitosan.
This is then mixed with other biopolymers and natural substances to create a flexible anti-microbial and compostable bioplastic film, to be used as food packaging, reducing plastic pollution ending up in landfill and in nature furthermore its anti-microbial characteristic will extend the shelf life of fresh food.
The Key members
Dr. Cait Murray-Green, been involved with CuanTec since its inception. Highly skilled in the commercialization of science and technology is a research scientist who has moved through product development, sales, and business development roles.
Dr. Ryan Taylor, a physical chemist with experience in fine chemicals and pharmaceutical industries. Dr. Tracy White, a microbiologist with several years’ experience within the biotechnology sector. Sarah Connelly, Process Scientist involving in development of the process.
The Online Shop is already available for companies which will need the materials of packaging, the high-quality Chitin and Chitosan from Langoustine, actually in demand for over 3000 industrial uses around the world.
By introducing such innovation, it is time for the supply companies within the Superyachting industry to reconsider using materials from CuanTec and Owners succeed operations with their ‘Green Superyachts’. What is your thoughts?
To be continued. View more: https://www.cuantec.com
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