# Bio-on and Gruppo Hera form Lux-on to produce PHAs biopolymers using CO2

Bio-on and Gruppo Hera reached an agreement to take 90% and 10% shares respectively in Lux-on, a new company to produce PHAs biopolymers using CO2 captured from the atmosphere. The first plant will be built by end of 2019 in Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2018-12-11
- Where: Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Italy
- Status: announced
- Products: PHAs biopolymers
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Bio-on](https://endata.com/companies/4409.md)
- [Gruppo Hera](https://endata.com/companies/36089.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [ilbioeconomista.com](https://ilbioeconomista.com/2018/12/12/bio-on-and-gruppo-hera-joined-forces-to-produce-phas-biopolymers-using-co2/), 2018-12-12: "We are extremely pleased to work with HERA."

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