Solena Materials Limited

✳️ Solena Materials features in new report showcasing innovative Deep Biotech companies. 📓 A new report from the BioIndustry Association (BIA) explores how #DeepBiotech is offering sustainable solutions for global sustainability. 🟢 The report highlights Solena Materials as an innovative biotechnology company producing cutting-edge sustainable solutions. 👗 The fashion industry is responsible for around 4% of global carbon emissions, equal to the combined economies of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (McKinsey, 2020). 🌍 Due to the price and performance qualities, synthetic fibres, which are derived from petroleum and cause microplastic pollution, dominate the global market. 🟩 At Solena Materials, we are working to reduce the environmental impact of the fashion sector by developing the next generation of sustainable textiles. 🔬 Our deep learning models design new-to-world proteins from scratch to develop fibres that are: ◾ High-performance  ◾ Non-oil derived  ◾ Biodegradable. 🍃 Apparel companies who want to reduce their environmental impact can partner with Solena Materials and become market leaders in sustainable materials innovation. 📗 The BIA report is a useful resource breaking down the opportunities of biotechnology and the actions needed to unlock its transformative power. ⚡ We are proud to be a part of the disruptive biotechnology ecosystem and feature in the report alongside other innovative companies such as MoA Technology, Phycobloom, Quest Meat, and Epoch Biodesign. ⏩ Read now: https://deepbiotech.org  #SustainableFashion #SustainableTextiles #BiotechInnovation #GreenTech

✳️ What makes our technology for developing sustainable fibres unique? ⚡ At Solena Materials Limited, we are on a mission to reduce the environmental impact of the fashion sector by creating the next generation of synthetic fibres. 🔬 To do this, we design new-to-world proteins to develop fibres that are: ✅ High performance  ✅ Non-oil derived Aside from superior sustainability compared to other synthetic fibres and a mechanical performance that at least matches existing natural materials, our solution is also: 1️⃣ Scalable to industrial production. 🦠 Our proteins are designed from the ground up for easy manufacturing, ensuring production is cost-effective and highly scalable. 2️⃣ Solvent-free 🧪 The processing of our fibres takes place in aqueous solutions, eliminating the need for unpleasant chemical agents like solvents. 3️⃣ Unlocks bespoke options 🧩 Our biomaterials platform enables us to sample from a vast protein sequence space. This allows for the tailoring of our products to specific needs and applications. 💬 Reach out to explore how we can partner to redesign the future of sustainable textiles: https://lnkd.in/eWg78RJe #SustainableFashion #SustainableTextiles #TextileIndustry #ApparelManufacturing #Fibres  #CircularFashion #Biomaterials #Biotech

🏭 The fashion sector must reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. Biomaterials can make this possible. ⬇️ 📈 In the past 20 years, fashion production has doubled, and it continues to grow. 🛢️ This massive expansion has been enabled by cheap synthetic fibres, mostly oil-derived polyester. ❗ The production of these fibres for the textile industry accounts for 1.35% of global oil consumption. 🇪🇸 This is greater than the annual oil consumption of the entire country of Spain. 🎯 If the production of synthetic fibres continues to grow, the climate commitments of fashion brands will be impossible to achieve. ⛔ Since less than 1% of clothes are recycled to make new garments, recycling can not solve this issue alone. 🟦 Science offers a solution. 🔬 Biomaterials can provide more sustainable alternatives for traditional synthetic fibres by: 📉 Reducing reliance on fossil fuels  📉 Lowering carbon emissions  📉 Minimising waste 🔵 At Solena Materials, our biomaterials platform allows us to design new proteins, which can be used to create fibres that are: 👕 High performance 🧵 Non-oil derived 🌀 By working with Solena Materials, fashion companies can become market leaders in sustainable textile innovation. 💬 Get in touch to help close fashion’s sustainability gaps with us: https://lnkd.in/eWg78RJe #SustainableFashion #SustainableTextiles #TextileIndustry #ApparelManufacturing #Fibres  #CircularFashion #Circularity #Biomaterials #Biotech

👕 Understanding the scope of plastic leakage: The fashion industry’s big environmental issue. 🌍 Estimates suggest the planetary boundary for chemical pollution, including plastics, has already been exceeded. ❗ The apparel industry contributes significantly to this, generating 14% of total plastic pollution from all sectors in 2019. 🌐 This is according to a new North Carolina State University study published in Nature Communications. 📖 The comprehensive study assesses plastic pollution from the global apparel industry over the complete apparel life cycle. 📊 It shows that synthetic apparel is by far the largest source of this waste, making up 89% of all plastic waste from the apparel industry. 🚮 This is dominated by the end-of-life textile itself due to mismanaged waste. 🌀 The study argues that a fundamental transformation of the apparel economy is needed to prevent ongoing plastic pollution. This will involve:  ♻️ A circular framework  🚛 Improving waste management for textiles 🧪 Decreased synthetic apparel consumption  ✅ Use of other readily available fibre options ⏩Read the paper for free online: https://lnkd.in/dvFmyXmx 🟦 At Solena Materials, we are committed to reducing the environmental impact of the fashion sector by creating the next generation of synthetic fibres. 🔬 We design new proteins to develop fibres that are high-performance and non-oil derived. ⏩ Learn more about our technology: https://lnkd.in/eGzvxNmN Authors Anna Kounina, Steven Pires, Jon Devine, Roland Geyer, Richard Venditti, Sophie Chalumeau (she/her), Shreya Sonar and Julien B. Nature Magazine Nature Portfolio #SustainableFashion #SustainableTextiles #Biotechnology #TextileIndustry #ApparelManufacturing #Fibres #CircularFashion #Circularity #PlasticLeakage #PlasticPollution

🔵 3 challenges new innovations need to overcome to scale their sustainable solutions in the fashion sector ⬇️ 🏭 The textile industry emits 2-8% of the world’s greenhouse gases and is responsible for 9% of ocean microplastic pollution. 🔬 The development of innovative new materials can help solve the industry's sustainability problems. ⬇️ To do this, innovators must tackle 3 core challenges: 1️⃣ Cost requirements 2️⃣ Performance requirements 3️⃣ Supply chain barriers to implementing new materials 💬 As demonstrated in a seminar talk at The Sustainable Angle's Future Fabrics Expo, many groundbreaking companies are already addressing these challenges. 🔹 At Solena Materials, we design new proteins to develop fibres that are high-performance and non-oil derived. 🌀 However, the 2 most important factors that remain vital to scaling are: ➡️ Investment and patience. 🧵 New materials can’t be expected to be optimised and commercialised with a fraction of the budget and time that was afforded to plastic-based products. ℹ️ The lesson: Invest now and wait for the industry to inevitably catch up. ⏩ Reach out to work with us on our mission to reduce the environmental impact of the fashion sector: https://lnkd.in/eWg78RJe  These topics were discussed in detail on the panel 'Innovations: reimagining our relationship with both materiality and manufacturing' with Christine Goulay, Maria Intscher-Owrang, Mira N., Victoria M. and Dali Naeb. #SustainableFashion #SustainableTextiles #TextileIndustry #FutureFabrics #NextGeneration #MaterialsRevolution #SustainableSourcing #LCAW24 #NextGenSolution

🟦 We are proud to be at the centre of an ecosystem of innovators using world-leading facilities from Royce at Imperial. 🏢 The Henry Royce Institute is a national centre for research and innovation in advanced materials funded by EPSRC. 🏙️ As Solena Materials is based in the @White City Innovation District at Imperial College London, we have access to: ⚡ State-of-the-art research facilities and the latest lab equipment, such as the electron microscope and the X-ray diffractometer. ⚡ The collective expertise of scientists from the Molecular Sciences Research Hub. ⚡ Rapid prototyping and fabrication facilities at the @Imperial College Advanced Hackspace 👕 This supports our mission of revolutionising the fashion sector by creating the next generation of synthetic fibres that are: 🔹 High performance 🔹 Non-oil derived 🔬 Our deep learning models design new-to-world proteins from scratch to develop sustainable fibres. Want to learn more about our technology? Visit our website ⏩https://lnkd.in/eGzvxNmN 🌀 We are not alone in the Imperial ecosystem and are proud to be joined by innovative startups such as Puraffinity, Multus and RFC Power #SustainableFashion #SustainableTextiles #Biotechnology #MaterialsScience #STEM #RoyceAtImperial #InnovationHub

❓💬 Answering 5 of our most commonly asked questions ⬇️ 🟦 Why is Solena Materials focused on the fashion sector? 🏭 The fashion industry is responsible for around 10% of global carbon emissions. This is more than international flights and maritime shipping combined. 🍃 There is a rising demand from apparel companies and their customers to implement sustainable practices. 🟦  What is the environmental impact of the synthetic fibres currently used in clothing? 🛢️ Synthetic fibres are essentially a form of plastic and are made from petroleum. 👗 Around 60% of the material used to make clothing is plastic. Each time these clothes are washed, they create microplastic pollution. 🟦 How does Solena Materials help tackle these issues? ⚡ Our deep learning models design new proteins to develop a new class of fibres. 🌱 These fibres are high-performance and non-oil derived. 🟦 What makes Solena Materials technology stand out? 🔽 Our groundbreaking technology: 🔸 Scales to industrial production. 🔸 Has a high mechanical performance  🔸 Enables unique characteristics and bespoke options. 🟦 What sectors are best suited for collaborating with Solena Materials 👕 Our innovative solution is best suited for companies in premium apparel and accessible luxury fashion ⏩ Reach out if you are looking for new sustainable, high-performance fabrics here: https://lnkd.in/eWg78RJe #SustainableFashion #SustainableTextiles #Biotechnology #FAQs 

🔬 What’s the technology behind our next-generation sustainable fibres for market-leading apparel? Our process involves 4 key stages: 1️⃣ AI-based protein design 🖥️ We design new-to-world proteins using in-house trained deep learning models to design protein sequences that can form high-performance, non-oil derived and biodegradable fibres. 2️⃣ Automated lab 🤖 Our designer proteins can be produced in small quantities and in parallel using our liquid handling robots. 3️⃣ High-throughput materials testing 🪢 We have developed a proprietary method for rapidly testing the materials performance of our proteins on a small scale. 4️⃣ Training data 📊 The data generated using our rapid testing method provides valuable training data to further enhance our deep learning models. ♻️ Our innovative process is designed to tackle the huge environmental impacts of synthetic materials, which include greenhouse gas emissions and microplastic pollution. 🌍 By working with Solena Materials Limited Materials, apparel and fashion companies can become market leaders in sustainable textile innovation. ⏩ Visit our site for more information on our technology: https://lnkd.in/eGzvxNmN #SustainableFashion #SustainableTextiles #Biotechnology #UKInnovation #EngineeringBiology #AI #MachineLearning

🔵 Solena Materials at Future Labs Live Basel - What we learnt ⬇️ ⚡ #FutureLabsLive explored the biggest challenges and achievements in creating tomorrow’s lab of the future. Sustainability is, of course, a crucial part of this future. 👤 Our Head of Operations, Samira Richardson, MBA, attended the leading European event and chaired sessions on Lab Operations and Sustainability. ⬇️ Insights include: ✳️ Science has the potential to advance sustainability by producing the next generation of innovative solutions for the world’s biggest problems. 🔬 Labs play a vital role in this innovation as they often sit at the foundation of new solutions.  🟢 Ensuring efficient operations and sustainability are embedded into labs will: -  Give further credibility to science as an avenue for sustainability.   -  Set a meaningful stance of positive practices from the outset of innovation. ⭐ Thanks to Ellie Whitehead for organising such an inspiring event 🟦 As scientists at the forefront of sustainable innovation for the fashion industry, the Solena Materials team understand the importance of sustainable practices starting in the lab. 🧵 Our technology enables us to design and develop new synthetic proteins, which can be used to create a new class of fibres. 👕 These materials are high-performance and non-oil derived, providing apparel brands with access to sustainable alternatives to traditional synthetic textiles. ⏩ Reach out to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eWg78RJe #SustainableFashion #SustainableTextiles #Biotechnology #LabOperations #FutureLabsLive2024 #FLABS Holly Duckworth, Miquel Vidal, Andreas Traube, Heike Risse, Simon Böhm, Philipp Osterwalder, Andrew King Thorsten Nölle, Deirdre Black. 

📣⚡The future is here now - 5 amazing innovations from the Future Fabrics Expo 2024 ⬇️ 🔵 The Solena Materials Limiteds team recently wrapped up exhibiting at #FutureFabricsExpo during London Climate Action Week. 🌍 With over 10,000 sustainable solutions and a dedicated Innovation Hub, it is clear the answers to the world’s environmental and climate issues are already here. ⬇️ Some interesting and exciting areas of sustainable innovation include: 1️⃣ Making fibres from seaweed 🌿 PHYCOLABS is advancing regenerative fashion by using seaweeds to develop thread and textile fibres. 2️⃣ Alternative leather materials  💼 These can be made using a variety of sources: MYCOTEX by NEFFA uses mycelium and Arda Biomaterials uses brewery sidestreams. 3️⃣ Cost-effective sustainable yarns 🧶 Nanoloom has developed biodegradable graphene yarn to compete against commercially available yarns on the market. 4️⃣ 3D soft goods 🧸 Simplifyber uses plant-based fibres to create entire 3D-shaped soft goods directly in a single step. 5️⃣ Sustainable colouration solutions 👕 Post Carbon Lab offers sustainable microbial dyes for textile applications. + (Bonus) 6️⃣ High-performance non-oil derived fibres 🧵 At Solena Materials, we design new proteins to develop fibres that overcome significant sustainability issues with traditional synthetic textiles. ⏩ Reach out to learn more about our technology: https://lnkd.in/eWg78RJe Thanks to all those who engaged with Estelle Guillemois and Liam Ives throughout the Expo, including: Thamires Pontes, Philip Cohen, Maria Intscher-Owrang, Hannes Hulstaert, Victoria M., Annabelle Lancaster, Craig Smith, Patrick Michel, Valentina Gomez, Clare Lichfield, Gabriele Verikaite and Brett Cotten.  The Sustainable Angle Magazine London #SustainableFashion #SustainableTextiles #TextileIndustry #FutureFabrics #NextGeneration #MaterialsRevolution #SustainableSourcing #LCAW24 #NextGenSolutions