HR Info
HR contact: GERARD Marie
m.gerard@kitozyme.com
Staff Specialties:
biochemistry, biopolymers, medical/pharma, nutraceutics, cosmetics, beverages industry, regulatory
Company Description
Spin off of the University of Liège, KitoZyme develops, produces and markets innovative, high valueadded vegetal biopolymers which offer multiple health and beauty benefits. The biopolymers are targeted at four markets: the cosmetic, nutraceutical, medical/pharmaceutical market (for medical devices and drug delivery systems) and the beverage treatment market.
Located in Herstal, near Liège in Belgium, the company was founded in 2000 to capitalize on the great potential offered by eight years of research in the field of vegetal biopolymer extraction.
Nine years of development and over €25 million of investment later, the KitoZyme team now comprises 56 individuals and produces innovative, environmentally, friendly fungal biopolymers manufactured nowhere else in the world.