Concluding Panel
Expanding Possibilities.
As material science advances, new opportunities continue to emerge. The industries shown here represent just a portion of what regional processing infrastructure can enable.
Catavus · United States · Est. 2025
Building the industrial infrastructure
behind America’s biomaterials economy.
We are developing regional processing infrastructure that transforms industrial hemp into standardized industrial materials—connecting American agriculture with modern manufacturing.
01 / 08 · The Missing Infrastructure
The future has no shortage of promising biomaterials.
It has a shortage of infrastructure.
Across construction, manufacturing, textiles, automotive, packaging, and advanced materials, demand for high-performance biomaterials continues to grow.
The challenge isn’t discovering new materials. It’s delivering them in a form manufacturers can reliably use.
Without regional processing infrastructure, agricultural feedstocks remain raw crops instead of standardized industrial materials.
That’s the infrastructure Catavus is building.
Fig. 01 · The Industrial Bridge
American Agriculture — Catavus — American Manufacturing
Field · I
American Agriculture
Raw agricultural feedstock · unstandardized
Factory · II
American Manufacturing
Standardized industrial materials · ready to specify
Connecting Infrastructure
Catavus
Catavus is the processing layer between American agriculture and American manufacturing.
02 / 08 · From Potential to Production
From Potential to Production.
Promising biomaterials only reshape industries when they become practical to adopt.
Materials That Leave Catavus
Material 01 · Long Fiber
Bast Fiber
Premium natural fibers supporting textiles, composites, insulation, and advanced materials.
Material 02 · Woody Core
Hurd (Shives)
Uniform woody core for construction materials, animal bedding, and bio-based manufacturing.
Material 03 · Fine Biomass
Fines
Fine biomass supporting bioplastics, advanced materials, energy, and emerging industrial applications.
03 / 08 · Industries We Enable
Industries we enable.
Catavus supplies inputs to these industries. We do not compete inside them. Our role is to make domestic biomaterials a reliable specification — available at industrial volume, priced against incumbents, and consistent across regions.
04 / 08 · Why Hemp
Why industrial hemp.
We selected industrial hemp as our primary feedstock for a set of engineering and economic reasons — not ideological ones. It performs across a wide range of industrial specifications while remaining regionally cultivable at commercial volume.
Tensile Strength
Among the strongest natural fibers, competitive with engineered synthetics.
Growth Cycle
Reaches maturity in a single season, allowing annual regional supply.
Carbon Density
Sequesters carbon during growth and locks it into the finished material.
Process Compatibility
Adapts to established composite, textile, molding, and construction workflows.
Domestic Supply
Cultivable across a wide band of American farmland at scale.
Material Yield
Every part of the stalk converts into usable industrial input.
05 / 08 · Why Now
Why now.
Manufacturers are under increasing pressure to reduce emissions and strengthen domestic supply chains. Biomaterials have moved from experimental to expected. The remaining constraint is standardized industrial supply.
Learn More06 / 08 · Where We Are Today
Where we are today.
Catavus is a pre-commercial industrial company. We are in the early phase of a long build — assembling the team, the capital, and the partnerships required to develop regional processing infrastructure in the United States.
We are working with engineering partners on system design, engaging early with agricultural producers and downstream manufacturers, and validating the materials that will leave our first hub.
We are ready to build.
- Stage
- Pre-commercial
- Engineering
- Equipment planning underway
- Partnerships
- Development underway
- Materials
- Validation underway
- Capital
- Raising foundational round
- Geography
- Illinois
07 / 08 · Our Approach
Our approach.
Three principles guide how we build — how we choose partners, how we design systems, and how we measure progress.
I
Systems Before Products.
We build the infrastructure that enables industries — not individual products.
II
Partnership Over Isolation.
We believe lasting infrastructure is built alongside farmers, manufacturers, universities, developers, governments, and capital partners.
III
Built for the Long Term.
Infrastructure should be measured in decades, not quarters.
07 / 08 · Built in America
A stronger manufacturing economy begins with stronger domestic supply chains.
America’s industrial future depends on more than innovation. It depends on the ability to source, process, and manufacture high-performance materials close to where they are needed. Catavus is helping strengthen that foundation.
Pillar 01
Supporting American Farmers
Pillar 02
Strengthening Domestic Manufacturing
Pillar 03
Reducing Import Dependence
Pillar 04
Skilled Manufacturing Jobs
Pillar 05
Resilient Supply Chains
Pillar 06
Value in Rural Communities
08 / 08 · Build With Us
Build with us.
Whether you’re investing in the future of manufacturing, advancing material science, or building the infrastructure behind the next generation of industrial materials, we’d welcome the opportunity to start the conversation.
Investors
For capital partners aligned with long-horizon industrial infrastructure.
Learn about our strategy, roadmap, and long-term vision.
Manufacturers
For companies seeking standardized, domestic biomaterial inputs.
Explore how our materials integrate into your production.
Universities
For research partners advancing material science and process engineering.
See current research directions and how to collaborate.
Government
For agencies and economic development offices building regional industrial capacity.
Understand how regional hubs support economic development.
We believe the materials we choose shape the future we build.