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Living Ink Continues to Enjoy Growth

Algae-based ink specialist is finding opportunities with industry-leading brands including Nike, Patagonia and American Eagle, among others.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World, Coatings World and Ink World Magazine

Back in the mid-2010s, Dr. Scott Fulbright and Dr. Stevan Albers, Ph.D. students in the Cell and Molecular Biology Program at Colorado State University, had the intriguing idea of taking biofabrication, the use of biology to grow materials, and using it for everyday products. Fulbright was standing in a greeting card aisle when the idea of formulating inks from algae came to mind. Most inks are petrochemical-based, but using algae, a sustainable technology, to replace petroleum-derived produc...

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