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AKIN

About us

We bring biotechnology to material recovery

The AKIN team standing together in front of a blue wall

AKIN is a rubber recovery company, founded in 2023 by Ieva Palubeckaitė and Halithan Çetin. Kinfinity Imaging maps rubber formulations at the molecular level and runs as a paid service today. Kinfinity Recovery, the enzymatic route, is at bench scale.

By bringing molecular imaging, biotechnology and engineering together, AKIN is building the analytical and biological foundation for materials that can be recovered rather than downcycled, starting with end-of-life tyres.

The team

AKIN team

Scientific collaborators and advisors

Where we work

Aerial view over Delft at sunset

Delft, the intersection of biotechnology and industrial innovation

Our laboratory and team are located at Biotech Campus Delft, at the heart of a growing industrial biotechnology ecosystem. Located between Leiden’s world-renowned life sciences community and Delft’s expertise in chemistry, materials, and engineering, we are surrounded by the knowledge and infrastructure needed to develop the future of material recovery.

Partners

Backed by

Rabobank logoProvincie Zuid-Holland logoBiotech Booster logoPolRec logoToBeReal logoPlanet B.io logoChemstars.NRW logo

Built with

University of Twente logoElastomer Technology and Engineering logoUniversiteit Leiden logoMIT logoCircular Rubber Platform logoAminoverse logoAzur Network logoGroene Chemie, Nieuwe Economie logoM4I logo