Sustainable Extricko, working with Dr Joanna Sadler, Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, has developed a low cost and sustainable process for producing high value molecules from end of life composite materials like carbon and glass fibre. With support from UKRI Innovate UK Launchpad funding and IBioIC’s FlexBIO facility, the partners demonstrated the viability of recovering vanillin and protocatechuic acid, opening a route to circular economy manufacturing at scale.

With funding from Innovate UK’s Launchpad programme and support from IBioIC as the cluster management organisation, SilviBio Limited turned undervalued British wool into a patent pending raw material for peat-free growing media.

With funding from Innovate UK’s Launchpad programme and support from IBioIC as the Cluster Management Organisation, Mercel has proved their seaweed-based binder for laundry sheets, securing an exclusive contract for this technology. They have also opened discussions about related products from around the world.