Holiferm

Our innovative approach to process development and patented technology have already been demonstrated at two commercial sites, to pilot scale, achieving performance of double the state of the art for two of the most economically important metrics for sophorolipid production, reaching titers >1000 g/l and productivities >5 g/l/h. This could be applied across industrial biotechnology, revolutionizing the industry by providing cost-effective bioproducts.

Product sales and technology licensing for applications outside of biosurfactants.

Holiferm's downstream process is based around phase and gravity separation, with the integrated gravity separation technology developed by Holiferm. This IP was already granted a patent in Japan and it's pending approval in Europe and the US.

Holiferm’s technology has been demonstrated for the production of mannosylerythritol lipids (MEL), rhamnolipids, and terpenes by fermentation, dramatically enhancing the titer and productivity, and is applicable to the production of a range of glycolipid biosurfactants. Holiferm has demonstrated, through a proof of principle study, that the integrated gravity separation technology can be successfully applied to lipid-producing fermentations outside the biosurfactant space, such as terpenes, polyol esters of fatty acids, long chain dicarboxylic acids, lactones, hyaluronic acid, and other microbial oils.

Holiferm's products can be applied in a wide range of industries as a green alternative to petrochemical surfactants, like home and personal care, agriculture, I&I, paints and coatings, etc.
While all Holiferm products are produced via the natural fermentation process, how they are treated afterwards helps to determine their final usage and destination. Holiferm's low-foaming (LF) products have no chemical modification and therefore can be used for a variety of applications from hard surface cleaners to face creams, shampoos and conditioners. Holiferm's high foaming (HF) products have undergone a mild chemical transformation, which allows them to generate, produce and stabilise a greater amount of foam. Our HF products are active ingredients and have many applications, such as detergents and car washing products. All our products at Holiferm exhibit an extremely low toxicological profile and can be used in EU ecolabel formulations. Our LF products are also REACH exempt.