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The OzoneBio team in their lab in Calgary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

During the 2025 SOSV Climate Summit on a panel entitled \u201cIs Blue is the New Green?<\/em>\u201d (watch it here<\/a>), OzoneBio<\/strong><\/a> CEO <\/strong>Khorcheska Batyrova<\/strong><\/a> announced that the company has achieved a world first: producing biobased Nylon 6,6 at scale. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nylon 6,6 is one of the world\u2019s most ubiquitous and durable polymers used to make hard plastic parts in automobiles, aircraft, insulators, suitcases, sports equipment, carpets and performance apparel. However, its traditional production comes with a drawback: it’s made with adipic acid, whose production is a major source of Nitrous Oxide (N\u2082O) emissions. N\u2082O is widely recognized as being 300x worse than CO\u2082 as a greenhouse gas, and is a major contributor to atmospheric ozone holes. While traditional Nylon manufacturing plants can scrub their N\u2082O emissions at the smokestack, doing so is expensive and adds significantly to the cost. For this reason, a commercially scalable biobased Nylon 6,6 has been a \u201choly grail\u201d target for the materials industry.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OzoneBio\u2019s Nylon 6,6 pellets were showcased this fall at several global trade fairs, including Intertextile Shanghai and Biofabricate London in September, and the K-Show in Dusseldorf in October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike competitors that rely on precision fermentation from sugar feedstocks, OzoneBio takes a radically different approach. Operating out of a former Shell chemical plant in Calgary, the company produces biobased chemicals from wood tar through pyrolysis and a proprietary environmentally friendly chemistry process. Because this approach avoids expensive fermentation infrastructure, OzoneBio\u2019s biobased Nylon 6,6 is far less CAPEX-intensive and can even reduce the \u201cgreen premium.\u201d The company also generates carbon credits from the biochar created during wood-pulp pyrolysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the panel, Batyrova explained that OzoneBio has produced 50 kilos of emissions-free adipic acid this fall, and will make up to one ton by year\u2019s end. Its purity has been validated by four global chemical manufacturers, each of which  successfully polymerized it into pellets of Nylon 6,6. The University of Georgia further confirmed via isotope analysis that the product is 100% biobased. In addition, a leading apparel fiber manufacturer has spun the pellets into nylon fibers meeting all required specifications, demonstrating clear readiness for industrial applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batyrova announced that OzoneBio is also making a \u201cblue\u201d low-emissions Nylon 6,6. This version of Blue Nylon is not made from wood oil, but rather made from conventional petrochemical precursors. In this case, the catalytic synthesis of adipic acid, which normally releases all of the N\u2082O, is replaced by their unique environmentally friendly chemistry synthesis. This eliminates N\u2082O emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn fact we release a lot of oxygen instead,\u201d she explained. \u201cOur new approach of making Blue N\u2082O free adipic acid through environmentally friendly chemical synthesis that releases only oxygen as a side product should quickly become the standard in the industry worldwide. Because it really isn\u2019t any more expensive than what\u2019s been used for the last 90 years.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In climate terms, OzoneBio\u2019s \u201cGreen\u201d Nylon 6,6 achieves a 96% reduction in CO\u2082 emissions, while its \u201cBlue\u201d Nylon 6,6 cuts emissions by up to 70%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the full \u201cIs Blue is the New Green?\u201d<\/em> from SOSV Climate Tech Summit here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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