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Biotech dye specialist prepares to scale

11/11/2024
Biotech dye specialist prepares to scale
Danish biotech dye maker Octarine Bio has partnered with US-based Ginkgo Bioworks, which identifies possible microbial strains. The two companies have announced that a first phase of their research has been finalised and should enable Octarine Bio to begin scaling its production.

Octarine Bio’s low impact PurePalette dyes were featured at London Fashion Week last month in Patrick McDowell’s show collection.

Octarine Bio’s Co-Founder and CSO, Nick Milne, commented: “We’re extremely proud to see our sustainable dyes transition out of the lab and into the ‘real world’, where the team at Ginkgo Bioworks played an important role in helping us achieve this significant and exciting milestone by delivering improved production strains ready for scale-up. Given the technical success of Phase I, we are eager to continue our partnership with Ginkgo to drive our broad portfolio of colours to commercialisation.”

Presented as a drop-in solution to conventional dyes by Nethaji Gallage, at a panel talk at Performance Days, moderated by WSA Technical Editor Sophie Bramel, PurePaltte dyes are said to enable reduced water and energy as well as significantly lower ecotoxicity, according to a life cycle analysis.

Image courtesy of Octarine Bio

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