Braskem is a $15B global plastic manufacturer in Brazil. They are looking to manufacture Plastic/composite ties that will outlast wood, ideally using recycled material. They currently have this capability but are looking for product advantage/benefits around: rail/wheel interaction; ballast’s maintenance consumption; Life Cycle cost of the tie; Environment requisitions; and pavement’s levels design.
This session provides an overview of the Startup Exchange program, and how startups can engage. It is intended for MIT-connected startups that are new to the program as well as others that might have registered a while ago and pivoted or achieved significant milestones.
Scalable production of RNA for agriculture Andrey Zarur, Cofounder & CEO, GreenLight Biosciences Potassium fertilizer innovation Philip Wender, Managing Director, Advanced Potash Technologies Chemiresistive gas sensing for food safety Merry Smith, Senior Scientist, C2Sense Novel dehumidifying material for indoor farms Sorin Grama, Cofounder, Transaera Probiotics for plants Michael Miille, CEO, Joyn Bio [Joyn is a JV between Ginkgo Bioworks and Leaps by Bayer]
Join MIT Startup Exchange to hear from MIT-connected startups who are focusing efforts on aspects of COVID-19.
A leading pharmaceutical company in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is interested in speaking with startups whose technology could contribute to very early diagnosis of the disease.
Nexa Resources is a global mining company and one of the invested companies of Votorantim (one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Latin America). They are interested in clean environmental technologies for mining industry, including tailings, water and air purification.