Vegan Leather is a member of CrossRoads2: Sustainable Energy, which is financed by Interreg V Flanders-Netherlands, the cross-border cooperation programme with financial support from the European Regional Development Fund.
Market volatility
Harsh conditions
Enzyme efficiency
There are several barriers which hinder the use of enzymes in industrial reactions, a major one being price. The market volatility of many enzymes deters many producers from considering them as a viable option for their manufacturing process. Furthermore, the harsh conditions of many industrial reactions are detrimental to enzymes, meaning that the reaction would have to be adapted to suit the biocatalytic process. Finally, many enzymes are unable to catalyse reactions at the same rate or efficiency as their non-enzyme counterparts, and further decline in efficiency during their use.
Each of these issues must be addressed and improved upon with experimentation, enzyme engineering, market studies, and by finding the exceptional cases where biocatalysis outperforms inorganic catalysis in all areas. Addressing these questions is where EnzymASE comes in.
This involves finding the right biocatalyst through screening it against various polymeric materials, coordinating with our partners in academia to upscale the best candidate enzyme, and then optimising its biocatalytic efficiency in a variety of conditions. The interaction between
researchers and industrial manufacturers in the consortium gives the best opportunity for innovation and real-world product development. This is the final aim of EnzymASE: to develop market-competitive commercial products through biocatalysis, fully incubated in the heart of Flanders.
Industry
Research facilities
For more information on EnzymASE, please contact our dedicated team. We will be happy to answer your questions.
Raw material production
Manufacture
and use
Disposal
Raw Material
Monomer production
Polymer production
Plastic conversion
Production of plastic products
Use
Collection/ sorting and recycling
End of life
This project has received funding from VLAIO under grant agreement No. HBC.2019.0087. https://catalisti.be/project/enzymase-2/