Kemvera, a sustainable chemical innovation corporation, has declared a significant step towards commercialization of its bio-based chemicals, finishing the process design package (FEL 1) for a planned 50,000 metric tons per year commercial-scale plant.
To arranged for full-scale manufacturing, Kemvera confirmed the design for a 500 metric tons per year pre-industrial demonstration reactor and currently assigned its 20 metric tons per year pilot reactor, showing ongoing operations to verify its sturdiness. These milestones highlight a major development in Kemvera’s efforts to produce bio-based acetic acid and ethyl acetate.
In line with its growth tactic, the corporation has renamed from New Iridium to Kemvera, signifying its vision to scale bio-based chemical solutions using domestic agricultural feedstock.
Kemvera’s owned catalytic platform transforms bio-based and CO₂-derived feedstocks— includes domestically supplied corn ethanol—into less expensive, drop-in chemicals. The technology is developing quickly toward commercial readiness, helping U.S. Farmers, reinforcing domestic production, and fortifying the US as a leader in bio-based chemical manufacturing.
“Having reached these milestones, we are getting into a new phase of expansion that lead us to notably toward customer delivery. This advancement signifies the culmination of first-principles-based research and engineering into expandable, cost-effective chemical manufacturing using American-grown feedstocks. This, alongside renaming to Kemvera, marks a describing moment for our corporation,” stated Chern-Hooi Lim, Founder and CEO of Kemvera.
Chemical production is considered as one of the largest sections of US industry, yet a lot of its feedstock comes from petroleum.
A 2025 report projects the domestic green chemicals market to get to $7.46 billion by 2033, increasing at 7.8% yearly from 2025. To meet this demand, Kemvera is constructing a vertically merged, sustainable domestic value chain—from Midwest cornfields to industrial end users—through partnerships with ethanol manufacturers and agricultural stakeholders.
“The Iowa Corn Promotion Board assists the ongoing development of bio-based chemicals that use domestically grown corn as a feedstock,” stated Joe Roberts, President of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and a farmer in Belmond, Iowa.
“Innovations like this support form new, high-value markets for corn, reinforce rural economies, and construct at the fulfillment of corn ethanol by increasing domestic bio-production. Advancing solutions that transform corn into important industrial products strengthens the function of U.S. Agriculture in meeting developing market requirements.”
Kemvera’s flagship products, bio-acetic acid and bio-ethyl acetate, are anticipated to go into consumer markets first in footwear and disinfectants, with applications increasing to a wide range of ordinary products. By generating chemicals from domestic bio-based inputs, Kemvera offers steady options to fossil-derived materials even as strengthen U.S. supply chain resilience.
The corporation is raising Series A funding and seeking partnerships with ethanol manufacturers, chemical corporations, and consumer brands to increase manufacturing. Anchoring its operations in renewable American crops, Kemvera target is to release new demand for domestically made chemicals and decrease reliance on fossil- and imported-based products.
