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Solugen and American Rheinmetall Munitions Partner to Make American Energetics More Affordable
Solugen and American Rheinmetall Munitions (ARM) announce a partnership to expand the availability of affordable, U.S.-made energetics.
Solugen Welcomes New President of Energy & Water
We’re excited to welcome James Begeal as Solugen’s new President of Energy and Water. In this role, James will lead commercial strategy for the Energy and Produced Water sectors—bringing our innovative chemistry directly to leading oil and gas operators, accelerating revenue growth, and deepening our commercial…
The Future of Specialty Chemicals
At this year’s World Petrochemical Conference in Houston, industry leaders gathered to discuss how specialty chemicals must evolve to meet the challenges of today’s changing economy, geopolitical pressures, and evolving customer expectations. For decades, success in chemical manufacturing was measured by scale and…
Achieving Phosphorus-Neutral Cooling Treatment Using Carbon-Negative Additives
This blog summarizes a technical paper by Solugen’s Matheus Paschoalino, PhD published in the 46th Winter Volume of the CTI Journal. Cooling tower water treatment has long relied on phosphorus-based inhibitors to prevent corrosion and scaling, balancing effectiveness with environmental impact. However, traditional…
Solugen CEO Appointed to Department of Commerce Advisory Committee on Advanced Technology
Solugen CEO and Co-Founder, Gaurab Chakrabarti, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This appointment highlights Solugen’s commitment to advancing…
Solugen Awarded DoD Contract to Advance Bioindustrial Manufacturing Capabilities
We’re thrilled to announce that Solugen has been awarded $2 million under the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP). This funding supports our plans to develop a multi-use modular facility aimed at cost-effective domestic production of critical dual-use chemical…
Revolutionizing Protein Design with Machine Learning
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are having a transformational impact on industries across the globe. As these technologies mature, companies are discovering novel ways to unlock opportunities that were once unimaginable. In chemical manufacturing, where innovation has often been constrained by slow and…
San Jacinto College and Solugen Partner on Customized Biotech Training Program
San Jacinto College and Solugen have formed a new partnership to deliver customized corporate training aimed at enhancing the skills and competencies of industrial biotechnical laboratory staff. This collaboration is a significant step towards addressing the workforce needs in the rapidly growing field of industrial…
Cutting Costs and Increasing Efficiencies in Saltwater Disposal Systems
As the volume of produced water increases year-over-year with corresponding oil and gas activity, so too does the pressure on saltwater disposal (SWD) operators to do more with less while complying with increased regulations for disposal. In 2023, there were approximately 36,000 active disposal wells in the United…
Kurita America and Solugen to Develop New Carbon-Negative Products for Industrial Water Treatment
Kurita America, part of the Kurita Group, a leading global provider of industrial water treatment solutions, today announced a collaboration with Solugen, a bio-based chemical manufacturer, to develop a suite of new carbon-negative water treatment products. These innovative solutions will introduce high-performing…
Maximizing Recycled Produced Water Quality and Throughput
Produced water recycling is a rapidly evolving market with growing pressures. Several factors are driving market growth, including freshwater scarcity, an increasingly favorable regulatory environment, and societal concerns about seismic effects of disposal injection. Together, these forces are creating a major…
Solugen Secures Conditional Commitment for $213.6M DOE Loan Guarantee
Solugen has secured a conditional commitment for a $213.6 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO). This financing will support the construction of the Bioforge Marshall facility in Southwest Minnesota, reinforcing the U.S. as a pioneer in sustainable chemical…
Using Biology to Revive Domestic Manufacturing
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Securing the Future of the U.S. Defense Supply Chain
As geopolitical tensions rise and global supply chains remain fragile, the United States is renewing its focus on domestic production of critical materials essential to national defense. As foreign powers like China and Russia accelerate their development of next-generation materials, reducing U.S. dependence on…
Solugen Named Among CNBC’s Disruptor 50 Companies for 2024
CNBC’s annual Disruptor 50 list highlights private companies upending the classic definition of disruption as AI leads new business models beyond the era of better, faster and cheaper innovation. Over the past century, major chemicals companies like BASF, Dow and LyondellBasell have maximized a global manufacturing…
Solugen Breaks Ground on Midwest Facility
Solugen, a rapidly scaling chemical technology company revolutionizing everyday chemicals, broke ground on its new state-of-the-art biomanufacturing facility today during a ceremony held in Marshall, Minn. The new facility is the result of a strategic partnership with ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in sustainably…
Paving the Way Toward Phosphorus-Neutral Cooling Tower Treatments
Dr. Matheus Paschoalino, Solugen’s Technical Support Manager for Industrial Water Treatment, discussed how our technology can enable more sustainable cooling tower treatments with an audience of experts at the Cooling Technology Institute’s (CTI) 2024 annual conference. An abridged version of his talk with key…
Inside Solugen’s Manufacturing Platform: A Conversation with VP Caitlin Molloy
Caitlin spent almost a decade in traditional oil and gas before joining Solugen as our fourth employee. At the time, she thought “it could be something, it could be nothing.” Six years later, she’s still going strong as our VP of manufacturing, responsible for building out our new Bioforge in Marshall which will scale…
Unlocking the Power of Bio-Based Solutions in Produced Water
Gaurab Chakrabarti, CEO of Solugen, took the stage at the Produced Water Society 34th Annual Conference, with a compelling vision for decarbonizing the chemical industry. The presentation focused on the practical applications of bio-based solutions in unlocking the potential for operators to decarbonize without…
Solugen Founders Named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ 2023 National Award Winners by EY
Gaurab Chakrabarti and Sean Hunt, the visionary co-founders of Solugen, have been recognized as Entrepreneur of The Year 2023 National Award winners by EY. Their journey, sparked by a chance conversation at a med school poker game, has evolved into a transformative force in the chemicals manufacturing industry. The…
Solugen Announces Biomanufacturing Facility in U.S. Midwest Through Strategic Partnership with ADM
HOUSTON & CHICAGO– Solugen, a rapidly scaling chemical technology company that is reimagining the chemistry of everyday life, and ADM (NYSE:ADM), a global leader in sustainable solutions, today announced a strategic partnership to scale a range of innovative, plant-based specialty chemicals and bio-based building block…
Solugen Receives EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Award
From regulating auto emissions to banning the use of DDT, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has consistently led initiatives to enhance the safety of the United States for both its people and the environment. Last month, Solugen’s revolutionary Bioforge technology snagged the EPA’s prestigious Synthetic…
Sasol Chemicals and Solugen will Evaluate Effectiveness of Sustainable Ingredients in Care Chemicals Applications
HOUSTON– Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd. (JSE: SOL; NYSE: SSL), and Solugen today announced an agreement to explore commercialization of new solutions to meet rapidly growing consumer demand for sustainable ingredients in home and personal care products. Sasol Chemicals will evaluate the effectiveness…
Ohio Train Spill – It’s Time to Rethink the Way We Produce, Store, and Ship Chemicals in This World
The tragic events unfolding in Ohio are an important reminder of some of the dangers of the existing chemical industry. Since the chemical railcar accident in early February, we’ve read harrowing stories of dead wildlife, people getting sick, and water contamination, among others. It’s difficult this early on to know…
Solugen Raises Over $200 Million Series D to Reimagine the Chemistry of Everyday Life
Chemicals are the building blocks of American industry. They are used to make some of the most important components of everyday life, yet there’s a big problem with how they’re made today. The status quo uses oil, pollutes communities, and what can’t be made here gets imported from countries that don’t always share…
The Future of Life is Here: Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology is a new branch of biology that uses combinations of genetic engineering, biochemistry, and molecular biology to create new artificial biological systems and organisms. It has been emerging in the scientific research community and is expected to revolutionize genetic engineering. The word “synthetic”…
Solugen – A New Foundation
To use life to sustain life. That is our brand purpose. With such momentous devotion to our purpose, we required an equally momentous rebrand that sends a message to the world of who we are. We believe that global solutions start at the molecular level, and that real change starts from the bottom up. That