KLAW industries

Based in New York, KLAW Industries is a startup that recycles post-consumer glass into a pozzolan, which is used in cement manufacturing. The company offers Pantheon, a partial cement replacement for concrete created from post-consumer glass, using a patent-pending recycling process. The company claims that Pantheon is a cost-effective supplementary cementing material (SCM), approved by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), which increases the compressive strength and lowers the embodied carbon of the concrete mix. According to the company, Pantheon replaces 20% of cement in standard mixes and up to 50% in specialty applications and also increases the strength of concrete by reacting with cement to add additional crystal structures to the concrete. The company says that Pantheon is 11% stronger than slag at 28 days, reaching 5,980 PSI (pound per square inch) on a 4,000 PSI interior mix as a drop-in. Usage of Pantheon lowers the cement content in concrete, thus reducing its embodied carbon amount, preventing approximately 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide in every truckload, as per the company. Pantheon is locally sourced directly from recycling facilities and qualifies for 6 LEED 4.1 credits, a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement and leadership.

KLAW Industries operates out of a 6,000-square-foot facility in Binghamton and had a portfolio of 4 Recycling and 10 Concrete Pilot Programs, as of November 2022.

Key customers and partnerships

Founded at the Koffman Incubator in 2019, KLAW Industries had forged partnerships with NY Materials, Binghamton University, and Clarkson University. In July 2021, the company partnered with the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) and the New York State Department of Economic Development (NYSDED) to further research its product. In July 2022, Bingham's Mayor announced a partnership with KLAW Industries for a sidewalk and curb upgrade in the city, worth USD 1.7 million.

Funding and financials

As of November 2022, KLAW industries had raised over USD 1.1 million in funding, with the backing of Koffman Southern Tier Incubator. In its latest funding round in October 2022, the company secured a grant funding of USD 400,000 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as a part of a larger round of funding in Phase 2 of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants, to further develop its production process.