Founded in 1992, Metabolix, Inc. is an innovation driven bioscience company focused on and providing bioplastic solutions for the world’s needs for plastics, chemicals and energy.
The Company is taking a systems approach, from gene to end product, integrating sophisticated biotechnology with advanced industrial practice. Metabolix is now developing and commercializing Mirel(TM), a family of high performance bioplastics which are biobased and biodegradable alternatives to many petroleum-based plastics.
Metabolix is also developing a proprietary platform technology for co-producing plastics, Compostable Bagschemicals and energy, from crops such as switchgrass, oilseeds and sugarcane.