Provectus Algae Expands into New Large-Scale Microalgae Biomanufacturing Facility

Provectus Algae (Provectus), an Australian biotechnology platform company specialising in the biomanufacturing of high-value compounds for a wide array of industries using microalgae, announced they will be expanding into an additional large-scale manufacturing facility.

Located in Noosaville, Australia, the new site is expected to be operational by the end of 2021 and will complement the company’s existing facility to deliver new algae-made products to the market. The new facility will support the production of a high-performance food colouring which is currently in late stage of development. Once completed, the facility will have a 200,000 litre production capacity and expanded R&D operations to support early-stage product development and partnerships for the Food & Beverage sector. Provectus’s inaugural pilot facility will subsequently be converted to support the commercial production of a separate high-value product that is currently undergoing product testing. The company expects further expansion in the near term with plans for a supplementary 1 million litre facility already underway to support the commercialisation of multiple products already in the company development pipeline.

Provectus has engaged global food & beverage companies to craft a tailored development pipeline of products most relevant to the strengths of the company’s biomanufacturing platform. The flexibility of the company’s unique platform approach is evidenced by the speed at which lead products have moved through the development pipeline to commercial readiness.

“This is just the tip of the iceberg for Provectus Algae. The stage of development we are now at with our production platform gives us a clear line of sight to deliver some really exciting products to the food and beverage marketplace,” said Nusqe Spanton, Founder and CEO of Provectus Algae. “What we are able to achieve for our commercial partners is simply not comparable to any other offering in the marketplace. Thanks to algae, we are able to benefit from a 3.5-billion-year head start in producing some of the world’s most coveted ingredients.”

The Provectus platform addresses supply chain challenges by providing end-to-end services from product development to large-scale biomanufacturing. Importantly, the manufacturing platform is able to go from bench to industrial-scale seamlessly with a continuity of their novel production technology.

“Since closing our seed round last year, we have been in full swing growing the team, developing products and building capacity with our proprietary production system. We are now in a strong position as we push into this next phase of the company’s growth,” Spanton added.