February 14, 2023
Evonik partners with AMSilk to manufacture sustainable silk proteins
- Smart-performance, fully biodegradable biopolymer sourced from renewable raw materials
- Innovative biotech manufacturing process
- Evonik enables innovators industrializing disruptive technologies/sustainable solutions
About Evonik
Evonik is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals. The company is active in more than 100 countries around the world and generated sales of €15.3 billion and an operating profit (adjusted EBITDA) of €1.66 billion in 2023. Evonik goes far beyond chemistry to create innovative, profitable, and sustainable solutions for customers. About 32,000 employees work together for a common purpose: We want to improve life today and tomorrow.
About Nutrition & Care
The focus of the business of the Nutrition & Care division is on health and quality of life. It develops differentiated solutions for active pharmaceutical ingredients, medical devices, nutrition for humans and animals, personal care, cosmetics, and household cleaning. In these resilient end markets, the division generated sales of €3.61 billion in 2023 with more than 5,600 employees.
About AMSilk
AMSilk GmbH is the world’s first industrial supplier of vegan silk proteins and has its headquarters in Neuried/Munich, Germany. Using a patented biotechnological process, AMSilk’s smart-performance biotech material based on silk proteins can be converted into usable forms such as powders, hydrogels, fibers, and coatings and give such products unique properties. Among other things, the polymers are biocompatible, safe and robust. AMSilk invites you to discover more at www.amsilk.com.
Disclaimer
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