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Our Team
Gen Phoenix Leadership
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Join our mission to create better materials.
Learn MoreOur Board of directors
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In a world where up to 75% of leather hides go to waste, our founder Chris Bevan was one of the first to not just name the problem, but find a solution.
In 2007, Gen Phoenix (then ELeather) pioneered a radical new process that rescued leather offcuts destined for landfill and led a movement for sustainable manufacturing long before it was mainstream.
'07 Gen Phoenix founded as ELeather
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'08 First product
for Jet2.
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'15 Products reach
100 airlines.
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'17 Footwear market entry with Nike.
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'20 Opened second factory.
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'22 Product line expansion to
automotive and fashion.
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'23 + beyond Leather goods market
entry with Coachtopia.
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Today, we continue to find new life in old waste, creating premium, durable materials for an ever-increasing set of applications and customers.
Our capabilities now accommodate additional feedstocks, helping Gen Phoenix regenerate up to 6 million m2 of award-winning next-gen materials annually.
Gen Phoenix is
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