Ep. 77: Bucha Bio

Textile Innovation - A podcast by World Textile Information Network

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This week’s guest on The WTiN Podcast is Zimri Hinshaw, CEO of Bucha Bio. Based in New York City (US), Bucha Bio is a biotechnology company that creates materials using bacterial nanocellulose. The company was founded in 2019 and the team plans to use this material to replace animal and plastic leather. In this podcast, Hinshaw talks about how long it takes to create the company’s biomaterial, how it was inspired by kombucha and how it has the potential to meet or exceed animal leat...