Hunan Ancarbon Biotechnology Co., Ltd.’s “Straw (reeds) synthetic biology-based production of 20,000 tons of new materials per year project”

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Recently, Hunan Ancarbon Biotechnology Co., Ltd.’s project for the synthetic biological production of 20,000 tons per year of new materials from straw (reeds) was made public on relevant websites. The project is located in the Anxiang High-Tech Industrial Development Zone in Hunan, with a total investment of 215 million yuan (to be funded by the enterprise itself). The construction period will be 6 months (from February to August 2026), and operation is expected to begin in August 2026. Upon completion of both phases, the total planned production capacity will be 20,000 tons. Once operational, both phases will be able to produce 5,000 tons of high-purity lignin, 5,000 tons of polylactic acid (PLA) particles, and 3,400 tons of calcium sulfate as a by-product per year. The construction unit is Hunan Ancarbon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shanghai Hanhe Bio-New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as Hanhe Bio); its legal representative is Sang Tao (a researcher at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a tenured professor in the United States). This represents another significant move by Hanhe Biology in the field of non-grain-based biomanufacturing, following Hubei Shouding Industry’s 1,000-ton-scale bio-refining and cellulose polylactic acid demonstration line. Source: Bio-based Energy and Materials