Kent’s business park for science and technology companies has welcomed two climate-tech companies to its innovation campus. Anthera Remediation Technologies, tackling ‘forever chemicals’ in water and soil, and Colliding Materials, building plastic compounding technology for sustainable energy systems, have moved into new laboratory spaces in Sandwich.
Anthera Remediation Technologies (ART) is focused on the removal and breakdown of PFAS from the environment. These ‘forever chemicals’ are used in many household products, from non-stick cookware to waterproof clothing.
Founded in 2025, ART has grown to a team of four, splitting time between Discovery Park’s Barclays Eagle Lab for collaborative office space and a shared lab for prototype testing. They are working with a client to run a PFAS removal pilot at a landfill site, with early results demonstrating the effectiveness of their approach. A.R.T is raising £300k for optimisation of their system, as part of a £1.55m funding round to reach commercialisation. The team has future ambitions to scale up their remediation system and add analytical wastewater capabilities on site at Discovery Park.
Colliding Materials has developed engineered composite materials for use in electronics, sustainable energy and aerospace. Their technology blends graphite and functional fillers with polymer binders, achieving over seven times higher electrical conductivity compared to other materials. The company is already working with a London-based startup, providing bespoke materials for a specialised system that transforms brewing byproducts into useful green hydrogen and CO₂. They recently received a £50k grant from Innovate UK and have just opened their pre-seed fundraising round, aiming to secure £750k for scale-up and commercialisation. Originally based in London since founding in 2025, Colliding Materials relocated to Discovery Park seeking cost-effective lab space – here they have a private lab space, along with business support at the onsite Barclays Eagle Lab.
A.R.T and Colliding Materials are alumni of Discovery Park’s business growth programme for startups and SMEs, Discovery Spark. The Spark programme is currently accepting applications for its next cohort.
Discovery Park’s growing climate-tech cluster already includes ZeroAvia, building an aerospace-grade hydrogen-electric propulsion system, and Clean Planet Technologies, who recently opened the world’s first waste plastics to sustainable aviation fuel pilot facility. There are also agri-tech companies supporting more sustainable farming, including Verdant Carbon, offering high-quality soil carbon measurements, and Elaniti, who use generative genomic AI to decode soil function.
These two latest additions bring Discovery Park’s tenant community to over 180 companies, spanning biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and advanced manufacturing. The park provides state-of-the-art laboratory and office facilities, along with amenities focused on work/life balance, including gyms, restaurants and a tenant-led community garden.
