Virent products

The BioForming® process converts plant-derived feedstocks into a BioFormate® product that is analogous to petroleum reformate. Similarly to conventional petroleum reformate, Virent’s Bioreformate product can be used as a gasoline blendstock or processed to high purity aromatic chemicals using conventional aromatics processing technology. Virent’s products are indistinguishable from the petrochemical analogs, except for C-14 dating for bio-content. Using conventional aromatics processing Virent has produced renewable paraxylene, mixed xylenes, toluene, and benzene.

We took the same technology we’ve already demonstrated as a replacement for petroleum in plastic bottles, diesel, gasoline and jet fuel and applied it to fabric production. The result? The first ever bio-polyester shirt made from 100% renewable resources. But as excited as we are about the fabric—which feels, performs and wears just like traditional polyester—this breakthrough is much bigger than a shirt.