Industrial start-up AFYREN makes the french tech 120 again

8 February 2021

Press release

AFYREN, which created and is industrialising a breakthrough innovation in green chemistry, is pleased to announce its selection for the second straight year in the French Tech 120.

AFYREN’s ambition is to make a sustainable impact on industry by providing biosourced, low-carbon solutions for the food, feed, cosmetics, perfumes and fine chemicals markets.

In 2020, being part of the French Tech 120 brought AFYREN into a valuable network and increased its name recognition and credibility. It helped the company transition from innovative French start-up to an industrial-scale start-up.

“Renewed membership in the FT120 programme is a great endorsement and will help AFYREN meet ambitious challenges over the next two years,” said Nicolas Sordet, CEO of AFYREN. “Our major challenge this year is to complete construction of our first plant, AFYREN NEOXY, a unique, zero-waste, low-carbon biorefinery at the Chemesis industrial platform in Carling – Saint-Avold.”

To sustain its growth, AFYREN will be recruiting 60 people in the Grand Est region over the next 6 months.

“We are going to demonstrate that respect for the environment can be compatible with industry and be an integral part of an economically viable French model that creates jobs and can be exported in the medium term,” Nicolas Sordet said.