HMF

Although recognized as a promising next-generation bio-based building block, HMF has faced significant barriers to commercialization:

• High production costs: GS Smart Catalysis System replaces conventional low-efficiency, by-product-heavy batch HMF production methods with a patent-protected modular catalyst and reactor stabilization design that boosts conversion, reduces impurities, and stabilizes large-scale yields—directly improving overall production efficiency and enhancing hydroxymethylfurfural price competitiveness.

• Scale-up bottlenecks: Without proven large-scale capacity, costs cannot fall, and without downstream validation, market adoption remains slow. To unlock broader HMF (hydroxymethylfurfural) applications, commercialization requires close collaboration across the value chain and continuous optimization of production technology.