MAASTRICHT, Netherlands--BUSINESS WIRE--
Cultivated leather pioneer Qorium has released footage of its latest sample of lab-grown leather. Measuring 35x35cm, the material has been produced using the company's newly scaled-up tissue bioreactor, representing proof of concept for full-scale commercialisation of the company's production process, which takes a small sample of skin cells from a living cow and reproduces them in a lab to create leather with the same strength, durability and appearance of traditionally-produced animal-derived leather.
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Qorium founder Mark Post said, "The fact that with a relatively small team, in a relatively short amount of time, we have been able to create high-quality sheets of leather that demonstrate scalable production processes shows that we're on track towards having a product that's ready for market. From a science perspective, we still have much work to do but the principal challenges are now overcome. The next pieces of the puzzle are focused on continued product optimization, cost reduction and process engineering, where we're already seeing very positive progress. The future certainly looks very promising for cellular agriculture."
Qorium is the world's leading cell-cultured leather company. Qorium's leather comes with dramatically reduced carbon emissions, no methane emissions and radically reduced water and chemical use compared to traditional leather, with no ties to the livestock industry or the polluting processes necessary in the processing of animal hides.
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