Revolutionary biomaterials
for forward thinkers.
Performance
meets possibility.
Using cutting-edge technology modeled on nature’s own design, Polybion™ grows premium, high-performance biomaterials from fruit waste.
From linear to circular
From leftover to constructive
From old ways to Celium™
We believe biology is the best tool to face our global challenges. We use locally produced agro-industrial fruit waste as raw material to craft forward-thinking biomaterials such as Celium™- Premium Cultivated Cellulose. By manufacturing with the building blocks of life and circularizing supply chains, we produce a superior material while prioritizing our planet.
Natural systems are cyclical; waste becomes nutrients that initiate new growth. By learning from nature, Polybion™ developed a production model that is not linear but a loop, simultaneously alleviating three major environmental problems: livestock, food waste, and plastic. This represents a paradigm shift from centuries of resource-mining practices to the regenerative cultivation of resources. Polybion™ is proud to be leading this charge.
Founded by brothers Axel and Alexis Gómez Ortigoza with Bárbara González Rolón, PhD, Polybion™ is a diverse group of biotechnologists, chemists, biologists, engineers, financiers, creatives, designers, and political scientists. We take inspiration from natural processes and organisms, and we share a common dream to create a better world.
Impact requires scale
Bio innovations and sustainable solutions face a common challenge: scalability.
By 2030, as the consumer class reaches nearly 5 billion, affordability and accessibility become crucial for next-gen materials like Celium™ - Premium Cultivated Cellulose.
In 2022, we reached a pivotal milestone by launching FOAK I, the first-ever bacterial cellulose production facility. Spanning 14,000 sq. ft., it's designed to produce 1.1 million sq. ft. of Celium™ annually.
Our scaling strategy is built on three pillars: volume, consistent quality, and competitive pricing. Unlike other biomaterials, our process uses minimal infrastructure and fruit waste, leveraging existing large-scale fermentation equipment. This not only makes scaling up more feasible but also ensures our technology can be easily adopted worldwide.
During 2024, we're focusing on automating our processes to enhance efficiency, quality, and reduce cycle times.
Where biology meets creativity, the future unfolds.
Celium™
Cel (derived from the word cellulose, the most abundant organic polymer on Earth) + ium (the Latin suffix used in chemical elements)
Celium™- Premium Cultivated Cellulose, is grown by feeding bacteria with agroindustrial fruit waste. A versatile textile with endless design possibilities, it can be customized by color, graining, embossing, and water resistance—all while preserving its exceptional strength.
Celium™ is vegan and organic, and we control the thickness through its growth, making it easy to tailor. Due to its biological nature, each piece of Celium™ is unique and distinct as a fingerprint, lending it the hallmark of luxury.
Nature chose cellulose to structure many of its most precious creations. We’ve captured that wisdom in Celium™.
Technology
We industrialized cellular agriculture to biofabricate Celium™. Combining material science with bioengineering, our technology is scalable, modular, and high yielding.
In cellular agriculture, cells from fungi, bacteria, or mammals consume nutrients in a sterile environment that promotes growth. We grow Celium™ by feeding bacteria with agro-industrial fruit waste. But first, we set up the perfect environment for the cells to self-organize and they create the cellulose structure as a metabolic by-product. Once formed, Celium’s cell-based membrane undergoes a sustainable stabilization process to achieve its high-performance characteristics.
Our production model is EPA, REACH, and ZDHC compliant and concentrated within a 30-mile radius, dramatically reducing our carbon footprint. There is currently enough of the fruit waste we use to produce 168,000,000 square feet of Celium™ annually (and we have identified three other types of local fruit waste equally abundant). With zero hazardous chemicals released in any part of the process, nor significant biomass outputs between growth cycles, Celium™ is as circular as it gets.
At the End of the World: Nous Étudions Creates the First Collection Crafted Exclusively from Celium™
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- November 3, 2025
For the first time, an entire collection was created exclusively with Celium™ in its Original, Translucent, and Espumante variants.
When fashion meets the edge of the world, something more than a collection takes shape. In Ushuaia, where land and ice converge under the southern winds, Nous Étudions unveiled El fin del mundo, principio de todo (The End of the World, Beginning of Everything), a collaboration with Polybion that redefines how design, biology, and place can converge.
A dialogue between body, biology, and landscape
As reported by Vogue México in their article “End of the World. Beginning of Everything: A Collection that Amplifies its Connection with Nature and Imperfect Fashion”, the collection was born from designer Romina Cardillo’s expedition to Antarctica, an experience that reshaped her relationship with nature and sparked a renewed sense of purpose: to create from what lives, breathes, and transforms. In her words, it became a call to conserve, not only through message but through material.
That search led her to Polybion, the Mexican company pioneering Celium™, a biomaterial cultivated from bacterial cellulose derived from agroindustrial fruit waste. What began as an exchange of ideas evolved into a joint experiment, adapting Polybion’s Premium Cultivated Cellulose, to the structural and expressive needs of fashion.
A collection grown, not extracted
Over several months, both teams worked together to explore how Celium™ could take on different densities, weights, and textures. For the first time, an entire collection was created exclusively with Celium™ in its Original, Translucent, and Espumante variants.
Marie Claire México highlighted that the collaboration pushed material innovation through manual pleating and laser-cut techniques, revealing how a biomaterial could move, fold, and breathe like fabric yet retain its natural depth and integrity.
Fashion Network described the result as “a narrative about the future of materials and the limits of design,” merging science, art, and nature into one living statement.
The southernmost runway on Earth
Set within Tierra del Fuego National Park, the collection’s presentation transformed Patagonia into a natural stage. According to Le Banana and FashionUnited, the experience unfolded over three days of expeditions across forests, rivers, and glaciers; culminating in a multisensory show accompanied by Malala Lekander’s sound performance, inspired by tides and southern winds.
Every look reflected the dialogue between ecosystem and creation: pleated silhouettes evoking kelp forests, pink and ochre tones drawn from Fuegian landscapes, and delicate volumes shaped by the softness of Espumante.
A shared ecosystem of design and territory
Local and international media such as Vogue Latam, L’Officiel, Marie Claire, Le Banana, DMAG, Numéro, and Clarín covered the presentation, while the Tierra del Fuego Tourism Institute (INFUETUR) and local partners supported logistics, hospitality, and vegan gastronomy, turning the event into a bridge between fashion, innovation, and regional promotion.
As Paralelo54 and Red Int TDF noted, the collaboration also demonstrated how cross-sector partnerships can generate both creative and economic impact, positioning Ushuaia as a global destination for sustainable and avant-garde projects.
Creating from what lives
El fin del mundo, principio de todo is more than a collection: it is a manifesto about creating from life itself, from materials that grow instead of being extracted, and from a vision that sees humans as part of the ecosystem, not apart from it.
At Polybion, we believe that working with innovators like Nous Étudions expands the boundaries of material design and reminds us that sustainability begins with curiosity, collaboration, and respect for the living systems that make creation possible.