Modern Meadow is an American
biotechnology
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company that uses
biofabrication
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to create sustainable materials. The company was co-founded by Andras Forgacs,
Gabor Forgacs, Karoly Jakab and Francoise Marga in 2011, and is based in
Nutley, New Jersey
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History
In 2011, Andras Forgacs and his father Gabor Forgacs, Jakab, and Marga co-founded Modern Meadow.
The company’s initial goal was to create leather and meat in tissue cultures, without using live animals.
In 2018, Modern Meadow partnered with
Evonik
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to commercially produce biofabricated materials.
Modern Meadow entered into a joint venture in 2021 with Limonta, an Italian textiles and materials company, to create BioFabric. The new company creates sustainable materials through a process called biofabrication.
In 2017, it was announced that Modern Meadow had plans to develop the “world’s first biofabricated leather”. The company displayed a prototype T-shirt made from the material at the Museum of Modern Art in an exhibit, “Items: Is Fashion Modern,” until 2018.
In 2022, Catherine Roggero-Lovisi became the company’s CEO.
In 2023, the company received the
EPA Green Chemistry
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award for the development of a dyeing technology that uses a mixture of plant-based proteins and
biopolymers
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.
David Williamson was appointed CEO in 2024.
Technology
The company makes plant-based protein biopolymers to create a variety of textiles. It combines plant-based proteins with bio-based polyurethane. The resulting polymer blend is called Bio-Alloy.Tory Burch
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References
External links
Official website
{{Cultured meat startups
Cellular agriculture organizations
Biotechnology companies established in 2011
Technology companies based in New Jersey
2011 establishments in New Jersey
American companies established in 2011