Vegea (Wine Leather)

Overview

From Vegea®

VEGEA® is a company developing and engineering technologies and processes based on biomass and in particular on the valorization agroindustry byproducts by fostering the use of renewable sources in alternative to fossil sources.

VEGEA® R&D is focused on the development of integrated agro industry supply chains and on the valorization of waste and byproducts for the development of innovative biopolymers.

VEGEA® aims at building know-how improving the agro industry waste management through developed technologies enabling and promoting Its recovery rather than disposal.

The company developed several families of biopolymers from renewable sources through biochemical and thermochemical processes dedicated to the creation of polymeric matrices for different applications: technical textile, fashion & design, food pack, pharma, beverage, automotive & transportation .

In particular, the company has developed and patented VEGEA® TECHNICAL TEXTILE technology for the production of biobased technical textiles from wine industry biomass.

 

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