The first Canadian company dedicated solely to biopolymers, BioMatera has numerous advantages allowing it to become a major actor in the industry and that make it a highly attractive target for investment:
The initial development is completed. The process has shown its reliability and the product has the desired characteristics.
The range of applications is almost unlimited. The properties of PHA make it a highly versatile product. In addition, BioMatera's technological platform is easily adaptable to the specific needs of its clients, and the company can rely on the expertise it has acquired to pursue the development of new products. BioMatera also intends to lower its production costs to a level that makes our PHA competitive even with low-grade conventional plastic.
Potential clients have expressed a keen interest. The many information requests that BioMatera has received, even before beginning the work of commercialization, show how much the market is in need of products such as those offered by BioMatera.
The potential market is gigantic and international. According to the analysis of the Freedonia group, the demand for biopolymers will explode in the next ten years, as they become common and unavoidable materials in more than one market. The medium-term production capacity planned by BioMatera will be able to meet but a small part of the expected demand for biopolymers.
BioMatera possesses a large portfolio of patents. The intellectual property and know-how accumulated by BioMatera guarantees it a favourable position and will allow it to rapidly collect royalties to help finance its development.
BioMatera possesses a solid research and management team. This dynamic and highly skilled group has been able to stay the course and overcome the difficulties of the company's precommercialization phase. They are enthusiastically looking forward to the challenge of transitioning to the stage of industrial production.
The growing concern about the environment is creating a momentum that is wind in the sails to BioMatera. Consumers, mass marketing specialists, manufacturers, institutions and governments are ready to adopt biodegradable plastics because these materials meet urgent needs for protection of the environment. The problems related to management of residual materials and the growth of related costs are adding to the pressure.
