| Website | metabolix.com/def... |
| Blog | blog.metabolix.com |
| @MetabolixInc | |
| Category | CleanTech |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Description | biofuels, bioplastics, bioscience |
| TOTAL | $6M |
| FUNDING TOTAL | $6M |
| Grant, 5/11 U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Department of Agriculture | $6M |
Founded in 1992, Metabolix, Inc. is an innovation driven bioscience company focused on providing sustainable solutions for the world’s needs for plastics, chemicals and energy. The Company is taking a systems approach, from gene to end product, integrating sophisticated biotechnology with advanced industrial practice. Metabolix is now developing and commercializing Mirel(TM), a family of high performance bioplastics which are biobased and biodegradable alternatives to many petroleum-based plastics. Metabolix is also developing a proprietary platform technology for co-producing plastics, chemicals and energy, from crops such as switchgrass, oilseeds and sugarcane.
| Crop-based Technologies |
| Biobased Acrylic Acid |
| Biobased Chemicals |
| Biobased GBL/BDO |
| Biopolymer Resin Film & Compostable Bags |
| Biopolymers |
| Functional Biodegradation |
| Performance Additives |
