The Scale-up/Start-up Challenges
An opportunity to present innovative and impactful solutions to use materials smarter, less and longer.
The nominees of the World Materials Forum Scale Up and Start Up Challenges 2022
BEFC (Grenoble, France)
Jules Hammond
Bioenzymatic fuel cells
CYKLOS (Berkeley, USA)
Brett Helms
Indefinitely recycle polymer (PDK) to replace current range of polyurethane
EIFHYTEC (Strasbourg, France)
David Colomar
Low-carbon hyrodgen ccompressor to install 3x cheaper hydrogen service stations
FAIRMAT (Paris,France)
Benjamin Saada
Sustainable way to recycle carbon fiber composite
INTROPIC MATERIALS (Berkeley, USA)
Aaron Hall
Enzyme stabilization platform for self-degrading bioplastics and enhanced biocatalysis
LAKRIL TECHNOLOGIES (Chicago, USA)
Chris Nicholas
Production of bio based acrylic products from lactic acid based feedstocks at cost parity to today’s petrochemical process
MAGREESOURCE (Grenoble, France)
Erick Petit
Magnet-to-Magnet Circular Technology : Manufacturing Rare Earth magnets from hydrogen-based recycled magnet scraps
NOON ENERGY (Palo Alto, USA)
Chris Graves
Ultra low cost carbon battery that makes solar and wind power available 24/7 year-round
PEROVSKIA SOLAR (Aubonne, Switzerland)
Anand Verma
Enabling energy self-sufficient electronic devices using highly efficient custom design solar cells
SAKOWIN (Aix-en-Provence, France)
Gérard Gatt
Sustainable, CO2-free, low-cost Hydrogen, for on-site and on-demand production by compact & modular equipment.Can be installed on existing gas infrastructures, eliminating the need of H2 transport and storage
SYLVATEX (Oakland, USA)
Virginia Klausmeier
Lithium ion battery manufacturing using green-chemistry-based technologies to simplify the cathode synthesis
TIAMAT (Amiens, France)
Hervé Beuffe
Fast-Charge Sodium-Ion Power Cells