Scaler: Meet the new state-of-the-art technical-economic analysis tool for fermentation

Synonym , a platform that is accelerating the world's biological future by developing, funding, and building commercial-scale biomanufacturing facilities, has just launched Scaler , the first free, interactive online techno-economic analysis (TEA) tool for fermentation.

Designed to empower companies to calculate production costs at commercial scale and expedite their path to market, Synonym has decided to open its in-house models to the synthetic biology community to make techno-economic analysis more accessible. With Scaler’s customized output, companies can begin defining their commercial roadmaps and manufacturing strategies to understand what it will take to bring their bioproducts to mass market.

Fermentation technology holds immense potential in many different applications, from food to chemicals and materials. However, determining the costs of commercial-scale production has been a complex and expensive challenge that companies have often faced.

Companies seeking a technical-economic analysis for fermentation can now use Scaler for free to model their costs for building a commercial-scale facility and producing at industrial scale. Users can refine over 50 parameters in their models, including variables related to fermentation, feedstock, media, downstream processing, financing ideas, and more. After providing this information, users receive a customized report with key insights into their process, including CapEx breakdown, COGS, sensitivity analysis, bankability analysis, facility sizing, and more.

Synonym also has the Capacitor tool , a free, global database that identifies fermentation facilities worldwide. Developed in partnership with GFI, Blue Horizon, and the Material Innovation Initiative, Capacitor provides alternative protein companies with the most detailed way to find microbial fermentation infrastructure, including facilities, equipment, and services used to produce alternative proteins. If you are looking for this equipment, or if your company or research center has these facilities, register on the platform as well!

If you want to understand how much it costs to build and operate at a commercial scale, we invite you to start creating your models in Scaler.