Cathay Biotech Inc.

Chinese maker of bio-based chemicals and plant-derived nylon materials

What Cathay Biotech does

Cathay Biotech uses biological manufacturing to make chemical building blocks and plastics from bio-based sources instead of relying only on petroleum. Its main products are long-chain diacids, bio-based nylon-type plastics (polyamides) and a bio-based diamine. Other companies use these materials to make things like textiles, medicines, car parts, electronics and consumer goods.

How Cathay Biotech makes money

The company earns revenue by producing and selling bio-based diacids, polyamides and pentamethylene diamine to industrial customers in China and in export markets. It also sells digital solutions for electrification, automation and digitization in biological manufacturing.

Products & services

• Sebacic acid
• Octadecanedioic acid
• TERRYL bio-based polyamides
• ECOPENT bio-based pentamethylene diamine
• Digital solutions for biological manufacturing