Carbon Capture Startup Chooses Trumbull for International Headquarters

International environmental startup, Carbon Capture Machine, is moving its headquarters to 60 Commerce Drive in Trumbull.

TRUMBULL, An environmental technology startup that converts carbon dioxide emissions into commercial products is establishing its international headquarters in Trumbull, where it plans to expand its research operations and hire new employees.

Carbon Capture Machine, or CCM, has leased 8,306 square feet of office and laboratory space at 60 Commerce Drive. The company expects to begin operating from the facility in August after installing its demonstration equipment and instrumentation.

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CEO Lance Scott said Connecticut's manufacturing base and proximity to research institutions made Trumbull an ideal location for the company's next stage of growth.

“I’m deeply involved in manufacturing ecosystem and the private capital startup ecosystem,” CCM CEO Lance Scott said. “It’s really a perfect location, and I’m looking forward to being even more engaged in the future.”

CCM's technology captures carbon dioxide from industrial smokestacks and other combustion sources before converting the greenhouse gas into specialty minerals that can be used in a wide range of products.

Among them are calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate used in products ranging from cement, building materials and paint to fertilizer, paper, food ingredients and pharmaceuticals.

"We’re basically taking waste and converting it to valuable product,” Scott said. "That’s what gives it these special characteristics that are really valuable for the industries we serve.”

The company plans to hire about eight employees initially, including engineers, chemists and finance professionals.

Scott's company, Alliance Technologies, acquired CCM in 2022 after discovering the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, spinoff through the SelectUSA Investment Summit, a federal program that promotes foreign investment in the United States.

He said he was drawn to the company after learning it was the only European finalist in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, an international competition challenging companies to transform carbon emissions into useful products.

“I was just really blown away by the technology," Scott said. “It’s literally the most exciting thing I’ve ever worked on.”

Scott said he hopes CCM's arrival will help strengthen Connecticut's advanced manufacturing sector. While he believes the state has significant assets, he said it needs a stronger economic development strategy focused on supporting manufacturers.

He said the company is already working with Bridgeport officials and could seek manufacturing space there within the next few years as production expands.

After operating largely in "stealth mode" while commercializing its technology, Scott said the opening of the Trumbull headquarters marks the company's public debut.

"Most companies still look at carbon dioxide as waste," Scott said. "We're looking at it as valuable feedstock and making valuable products from it."

Scott is also working with CCM scientific adviser Paul Anastas, director of Yale University's Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering and widely regarded as the father of green chemistry.

"This is my life's calling," Scott said. "We have to solve this climate challenge. We need all hands on deck."