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OUR COMPANY

Founded in 2012, AFYREN is a green chemistry company that offers the industry biobased, low-carbon products thanks to its unique fermentation technology based on a completely circular model to replace the petro-sourced ingredients usually used in the formulations of many products.

OUR COMPANY

At a time when many of our everyday products are still too heavily dependent on petroleum based molecules AFYREN is offering to a wide panel of industries biobased replacements, thanks to an environmentally friendly technology that uses natural microorganisms.

Founded in 2012, AFYREN collected more than €70 million funding in 2019, which allows the company to grow from a pilot stage to industrial-scale production.

In 2021, the Company completed its IPO on the Euronext Growth® in Paris, raising nearly €70 million in additional capital, with the objective of accelerating its industrial development.

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÷ 5
Reduction in carbon footprint
+ 170 M€
In financing collected
+ 13
Years of R&D
100 %
Renewable carbon

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Nicolas SORDET

CEO & FOUNDER

Jérémy PESSIOT

MD, CTO & FOUNDER

Léa BASSEGODA

HR Director

Maxime CORDONNIER

CFO

Ursula FEULNER

PMO Director

Joachim MERZIGER

COO

Caroline PETIGNY

CSO

Laurent POU

Industrial Director

Members of the Board of Directors

Stefan BORGAS

Chairman

Christophe CALICE

Ecilac Capital Director

Michaël KREL

Sofinnova Partners Director
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Caroline LEBEL

Bpifrance Director
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Patrizia MARRAGHINI

Independent director

Walid SFEIR

Valquest Director

Nicolas SORDET

General Manager and Founder

AFYREN NEOXY

AFYREN NEOXY is the first manufacturing plant to implement AFYREN’s technology and expertise. Located at the CHEMESIS platform in Carling Saint-Avold, it produces a family of 7 organic acids.

AFYREN NEOXY is the result of a joint-venture between AFYREN and Bpifrance’s SPI Fund.

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our locations

Lyon

AFYREN is also based in Lyon, crossroads of Europe, a dynamic city and the ideal place to bring together teams of diverse professional experiences and geographic origins.

Immeuble le Silex 2 – City
9 rue des Cuirassiers
69003 Lyon – France

Tél : 04 51 08 86 99

clermont-ferrand

AFYREN was born in Auvergne, in Jérémy Pessiot’s research labs at the University of Clermont-Ferrand. The first pilot plants were developed at the Biopôle Clermont-Limagne, one of Europe’s primary hubs for research, education, and development in the field of bio-industry.

9-11 rue Gutenberg
63100 Clermont-Ferrand – France

Tél : 04 51 08 86 99

carling saint-avold

Our production facility will be located on the CHEMESIS platform located in Carling Saint-Avold. This location is strategic both for our procurement and access to major clients.

CHEMESIS platform

Route Départementale 633
57500 Saint-Avold

Tél : 03 87 90 28 15

OUR valuEs


Our success is built by a team that shares the same ambition and positive mindset. AFYREN’s corporate culture draws on three core values that have driven our progress and laid the foundation for future achievements: commitment, agility and humility.

COMMITMENT
An unwavering commitment to a more sustainable world. We aim to prove that reconciling industry and the environment is possible. Our team is dedicated to working with stakeholders every day to reduce our impact on the climate and create sustainable value chains.
AGILITY
A natural agility fuels our vitality.

AFYREN’s agility is innate. In an ever-changing world, we remain poised to react to the needs of our clients — and society at large — as they arise. We stand ready to adapt our strategy and our methods.
HUMILITY
Challenging ourselves with humility, in the service of our ambition.

We address the vast challenges our planet and society face with humility, constantly renewing our resolve to create better solutions. We strive to do a little more every day to advance the cause of sustainability, bolstered by our determination and the contributions of our partners.

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