A4F is a biotech company focused on the development and operation of industrial scale algae facilities, with a strong track record of R&D and Innovation projects.
A4F designs, builds, operates and transfers technological solutions and systems for the industrial production and biorefining of algae, selecting the technologies which better adapt to our Customers’ business.
The company has established a unique methodology which includes scaling-up from prototypes in our Experimental Unit, to commercial-scale facilities, and develops SOPs for optimized algae production, according to production goals, promoting integration with local industrial processes and using the industry’s best practices.
A4F is a biotech company focused on the development and operation of industrial scale algae facilities, with a strong track record of R&D and Innovation projects.
A4F designs, builds, operates and transfers technological solutions and systems for the industrial production and biorefining of algae, selecting the technologies which better adapt to our Customers’ business.
The company has established a unique methodology which includes scaling-up from prototypes in our Experimental Unit, to commercial-scale facilities, and develops SOPs for optimized algae production, according to production goals, promoting integration with local industrial processes and using the industry’s best practices. We have a long track record of working with leading national and international academic research groups in algae biotechnology, as well as with some of the largest microalgae producers, worldwide.
A4F is part of a Portuguese bio-industrial group focused on the development and deployment of technologies for bioprocesses, using sustainable raw materials and renewable biological resources, to feed our future.
We are technology-driven, specialized in the production and processing of seaweeds, microalgae and other microorganisms for many applications, such as food, feed, cosmetics, pharma, fertilizers, wastewater treatment, soil remediation, bioplastics, biofuels, and others.
With an eye on the future, the A4F Group seeks to develop new processes and technologies for carbon capture and utilization and for biomass valorization to build new business opportunities while fostering sustainable industrial development and reconversion.
- Microalgae culture collection;
- Consultancy services;
- Pilot-scale unit available as test bed - composed with several algae production systems, and culture harvesting, de-watering and processing technologies;
- Technology supply for algae production: multilayer photobioreactor, unilayer photobioreactor, flat-panel photobioreactor, cascade raceways, conventional raceways;
- DBOT of algae production facilities and biorefining.
Supply of kg-scale batches of algae; biomass enrichment and isotope labelling; growth medium design, supply and optimization for auto-, mixo- and heterotrophic growth; Test-trials and performance evaluation for different production technologies and downst