{"id":174940,"date":"2026-03-27T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=174940"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:33:58","slug":"vegea-scales-up-biomaterial-made-from-grape-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/vegea-scales-up-biomaterial-made-from-grape-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegea scales up biomaterial made from grape waste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Italian biomaterials company Vegea<\/a> has expanded production capacity for GrapeSkin, its bio-based material made from wine industry waste, as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The expansion includes upgraded production lines and new manufacturing units for fashion-grade and interior-grade applications. This will increase volume, speed up sampling timelines and improve delivery reliability for design teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GrapeSkin is made from grape marc: the skins, seeds, stems and pulp left over from winemaking. The material consists of approximately 55 percent grape waste, combined with vegetable oils, natural fibers and water-based polyurethane applied to recycled polyester or cotton fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It mimics leather in appearance, feel and durability but is entirely plant-based. The material is used in fashion accessories, shoes, handbags, clothing, interiors and automotive applications as an animal-free alternative to conventional leather and plastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brands including Calvin Klein, Diadora, and Bentley have already adopted GrapeSkin in their projects and collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDesigners need reliable access to innovative materials,\u201d said Francesco Merlino, founder of Vegea. \u201cOur expanded production supports creative timelines with consistency and quality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expansion maintains material quality while scaling capacity. Appearance, texture and performance remain consistent with full bio content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For luxury brands, the increased capacity ensures scalable delivery of premium bio-based materials<\/a> that meet sustainability requirements without compromising craftsmanship or design flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 2016, Vegea converts agricultural waste into high-quality material alternatives. Through GrapeSkin, the company integrates agriculture, chemistry and textile production in a circular model with a reduced environmental footprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Italian biomaterials company Vegea has expanded production capacity for GrapeSkin, its bio-based material made from wine industry waste, as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. The expansion includes upgraded production lines and new manufacturing units for fashion-grade and interior-grade applications. This will increase volume, speed up sampling timelines and improve delivery reliability for design teams. GrapeSkin is made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":174963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"GrapeSkin from Vegea is made from wine industry waste, mimics leather in appearance, feel and durability but is entirely plant-based","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[23834,7059,5838,8793,17663,14928],"supplier":[26767,22726,14344],"class_list":["post-174940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-agriculturalwaste","tag-automotive","tag-bioeconomy","tag-biomaterials","tag-fakeleather","tag-fashion","supplier-bentley-mills","supplier-calvin-klein-usa-official-online-site-and-store","supplier-vegea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174940"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174978,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174940\/revisions\/174978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174940"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=174940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}