EveryCarbon has secured a subcontract under the FLAIR project, an initiative led by the Technische Universität Hamburg. The company aims to scale its circular diol production process from laboratory settings to a 10 000-litre industrial pilot at the Popp Feinkost facility.
The project focuses on validating the production of ECOne, a high-performance polyester material. By retrofitting existing infrastructure at the Popp Feinkost site, the initiative intends to integrate waste hydrolysis into current gas and hot water supply systems, preparing them for continuous operation.
Once the fermentation system is active, EveryCarbon will process food waste hydrolysate at its Stuttgart facility to create engineering resins. The project also incorporates a data layer from Fraunhofer IPA, designed to predict material applications and accelerate development cycles.
The FLAIR initiative, which stands for Functional Materials from Food Waste through Process-Integrated Recycling, involves collaboration with the University of Hamburg. Partners aim to develop new monomers and polymers, demonstrating that existing industrial assets can support fossil-independent manufacturing.
