Collaboration combines Unibio’s patented U-Loop® reactor technology with BioVerde’s microbial engineering and downstream chemical conversion platforms to enable scalable methane-based manufacturing of key chemical intermediates.
Copenhagen, Denmark: Unibio A/S, a Danish leader in gas fermentation technology, and BioVerde Tech LLC., a U.S.-based biotechnology company focused on sustainable chemical production, today announced a strategic collaboration to develop new biomanufacturing processes for the production of sustainable chemicals.
Under the agreement, BioVerde will utilize Unibio’s proprietary U-Loop® vertical loop gas fermentation technology platform together with BioVerde’s genetically engineered strains of Methylococcus capsulatus. The collaboration aims to convert methane into a range of value-added chemical products through advanced microbial fermentation. Initial development efforts will focus on intermediates relevant to the synthetic rubber value chain, including pathways toward bio-based butadiene, a key building block used in both synthetic rubber and engineering plastics such as ABS.
By combining Unibio’s proven, high-efficiency fermentation reactor design with BioVerde’s metabolic engineering capabilities, the partners intend to develop scalable processes capable of producing specialty chemicals, intermediates, and other bio-based products with significantly lower environmental impact compared with conventional petrochemical production.
“Unibio’s U-Loop® vertical loop gas fermentation platform enables highly efficient gas-to-material conversion at industrial scale,” said David Henstrom, CEO at Unibio. “By partnering with BioVerde and leveraging their expertise in developing high-performance microbial strains, we can expand the application of our technology beyond protein production into a broader portfolio of sustainable chemicals.”
“Our focus is to establish methane as a low-cost, low-carbon feedstock for the production of industrial chemical intermediates, beginning with pathways relevant to the synthetic rubber value chain,” said David Witte, CEO of BioVerde. “By combining our engineered production strains and proprietary downstream processing, with Unibio’s reactor platform, we are advancing a scalable route to economically competitive and lower-carbon chemical manufacturing.”
The companies will initially focus on process development across laboratory, demonstration, and pilot scales to systematically de-risk scale-up, with the goal of enabling commercial-scale manufacturing facilities.
Together, the companies aim to demonstrate a new generation of gas-based biomanufacturing processes that can transform methane into sustainable chemical products.
For more information please contact:
Unibio A/S
Anastasija Volceka, Communications Lead
avo@unibiogroup.com
Bioverde Tech LLC
David Witte, CEO
david.witte@bioverde.us
Notes to Editors
About Unibio
Unibio A/S is a Denmark-based biotechnology company specializing in gas fermentation technology for the sustainable conversion of methane into valuable products. The company’s proprietary U-Loop® vertical loop gas fermentation reactor technology enables highly efficient mass transfer and scalable microbial production. Unibio has commercialized processes to convert methane into high-quality single-cell protein and is expanding its platform into additional biomanufacturing applications. About
About BioVerde Tech LLC
BioVerde Tech LLC is a U.S.-based biotechnology company developing scalable microbial production platforms for chemicals and advanced materials. Using synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, BioVerde engineers microorganisms capable of converting methane, including natural gas and biogas, into valuable chemical intermediates and co-products. The company is focused on establishing methane as a low-cost, low-carbon feedstock for next-generation industrial manufacturing, beginning with butadiene and expanding into a broader portfolio of chemicals.
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