ALL ABOUT BON BON ENGINEERING
Our Background
Bon Bon Engineering is an Agro-Engineering startup operating in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Our focus is on the sustainable production of green chemicals, starting with bioethanol, purified carbon-dioxide, and fertilizer for various industries. Our aim is to expand the South African green chemical market to include the manufacture of industrial solvents, polymers, construction materials and fine chemicals using a combination of biological and chemical process routes.
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Our startup was founded out of need. The South African sugarcane industry has been on a decline for more than 2 decades, with a loss of over 60% of cane farmers and 45% of other sugar industry related jobs. There is an increasing demand for renewable, bio-based and green products. The growth of our business will therefore promote growth in the green economy.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Get to Know Us
Muven Naidoo
PhD Chemical Engineering, UCT (in progress), BSc (ENG) Chemical Engineering, UKZN (Cum Laude), CAPM
Managing Director
I'm a Chemical Engineer with 9 years of experience in Academia and a burning drive to get the South African Sugar Industry into an era of innovation and diversification. My research focused on Green Chemicals production from sugarcane. As a PhD Candidate, my topic focused on improving the process to produce biobutanol, a high performing fuel and platform chemical, from cane juice. My aim is to take the technology developed and extend it to a diverse array of valuable products in a biorefinery to give a well needed boost to the sugar industry and South African Economy.