Turning Atlantic Canadian shellfish byproducts into high-purity biomaterials. By the tonne.
☑️ Canadian origin. ☑️ Regional production. ☑️ Supply resilience.
Our solutions
Chitin is the world's second-most-abundant natural polymer after cellulose — the tough, lightweight, nitrogen-rich structural material found in shrimp and crab shells. The built-in nitrogen is the differentiator of our biomaterials.
Discover our biomaterial portfolio
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| Tough, lightweight, nitrogen-rich structural material found in shrimp and crab shells. Biodegradable | High-Strength | Circular |
100% DDA chitosan for pharmacological and research applications. Biodegradable | Antimicrobial | High-Performance |
High-rate kinetics & capacity for sodium-Ion and lithium-ion systems. Bio-Derived | Inherently N-Doped | High-Capacity |
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| Chitosan hemostatic | Derivatives and nanocrystals |
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| Chitosan nanofibre scaffold provides a high-surface-area framework that outperforms traditional gauze by bypassing natural clotting limitations. Hemostatic | Nanofibrous | Antimicrobial |
Chitin nanocrystals consist of the crystalline "rebar" drawn from chitin — rigid rods with a few nanometres wide and hundreds long.
Chitin and chitosan derivatives are advanced, value‑added materials engineered to support specialized needs across various sectors. Derivatives can be quaternized, carboxymethylated, cross‑linked, water‑soluble, … Biodegradable | High-Performance | Circular |
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Carbonized chitin
Chitosan hemostatic
Chitin
Chitosan
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