About CBD

CBD Technologies is a world leader in the use of biotechnology for biomass enhancement and fiber improvement for the forestry, agricultural and biofuel industries.

The CBD story begins with cellulose. Cellulose, produced by all plants, is one of the most widely distributed biomaterials in the world. Cellulose surrounds us everywhere - it is the major component of paper and wood, cotton consists entirely of cellulose, cellulose is the source of sugars for second generation bioethanol production and many plastics have a cellulose base.

Our Company's cell wall modulation platform evolved from cellulose binding domains (CBDs), which are families of proteins that nature designed to bind to cellulose to facilitate its processing and recycling back into environmental elements. Using these and other proteins which we can express in the plant cell wall, we are able to accelerate plant growth, improve fiber properties and enhance the digestibility of the fibers to release more sugar for ethanol production or calorific release in animal feed.

CBD Technologies works with partner forestry companies to harness the power of the CBD technology to improve the yields of their sustainable plantation forests, thereby helping to meet growing fiber demand, utilizing less land and reducing destruction of native forests. CBD has partnered with major seed companies to improve the quality of common pasture crops and is developing active partnerships in the biofuels industry.