Many bio-based chemical processes struggle to scale—because they don’t achieve cost parity. This article explores how strategic feedstock selection and simplified purification can enable bio-based chemicals, like acrylic acid, to compete with petrochemical routes on both cost and performance.
Industrial Microbes (iMicrobes) has successfully scaled up production of 100% bio-based, high-purity acrylic acid using advanced fermentation. Backed by BioMADE, this milestone proves the economics and scalability of sustainable chemical manufacturing.
On the Grow Everything podcast , Noah Helman, CEO of Industrial Microbes, explains how ethanol is becoming the backbone of low-carbon biomanufacturing—transforming it into acrylic acid for paints and acrylonitrile for carbon fiber. Listen to the full episode.
The company promotes synthetic biology as a way to shift away from petrochemicals and support the circular economy, and invites partnerships to decarbonize chemical production and reduce costs.
