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On April 2, 2026, BSF Enterprise PLC, via its wholly owned subsidiary Lab-Grown Leather Ltd., announced the unveiling of the world's first product made from lab-grown T-Rex Leather™. This product, a luxury handbag designed by Enfin Levé and developed in collaboration with The Organoid Company and VML, debuted at the Art Zoo Museum in Amsterdam. The handbag will be exhibited for six weeks before being sold via auction later this year.
| Date | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Time | 07:00:04 |
| Category | Corporate updates |
| ID | 1576Z |
2 April 2026
BSF Enterprise PLC
BSF Enterprise PLC (LSE: BSFA; OTCQB: BSFAF), a leader in the field of lab-grown tissues and sustainable biotechnology, is pleased to announce the unveiling of the world's first product made from lab-grown T-Rex Leather™ via its wholly owned subsidiary Lab-Grown Leather Ltd
The product, a one-of-a-kind luxury handbag designed by the avant-garde techwear label Enfin Levé, will be debuted today at the Art Zoo Museum in Amsterdam. The unveiling marks a significant milestone for BSF's wholly owned subsidiary, Lab-Grown Leather Ltd., demonstrating the successful application of its proprietary tissue engineering technology to extinct protein sequences.
T-Rex Leather™, an LGL proprietary material forming part of its Elemental Leather™ range, was developed through a unique scientific collaboration between Lab-Grown Leather Ltd., The Organoid Company, with the marketing support of creative agency VML.
● Reconstruction: Scientists used AI-driven computational modelling to reconstruct complete collagen blueprints from fossilised T.rex sequences. Collagen being the principal structural element preserved in skin during the formation of leather.
● Cultivation: Using Lab-Grown Leather's Advanced Tissue Engineering Platform (ATEP™), which underpins Elemental Leather™, billions of engineered cells were cultivated to create a uniquely novel material based upon predicted prehistoric genomic information. This innovative platform facilitates the production of a new class of bio-material, offering unique aesthetics and feel not seen for 68 million years, whilst retaining structural properties found in traditional leather but without the need for animal slaughter or synthetic scaffolds.
● Sustainability: The resulting biomaterial is durable, repairable, biodegradable, and compatible with existing leather finishing techniques.
While the initial handbag serves as a high-profile proof-of-concept, the Company intends to scale the underlying technology across multiple high-value sectors:
● Luxury Fashion: T-Rex Leather™ will be made commercially available to premium brands and designers for use in luxury accessories.
● Automotive & Performance: Long-term ambitions include providing high-performance, slaughter-free interiors for the automotive sector and other high-performance material markets.
● Market Opportunity: The Company is positioning its core product Elemental Leather™ portfolio to capture share in the $60 billion luxury leather market and the $20 billion bio-based materials market.
Following a six-week exhibition at the Art Zoo Museum, the one-of-a-kind T-Rex Leather™ handbag will be sold to the highest bidder. The Company expects the auction to be conducted via a major international auction house later this year. Further details regarding the auction partner and date will be released in due course.
Dr Che Connon, commented:
"By collaborating with VML and The Organoid Company, we're unlocking the potential to engineer leather from prehistoric species. This venture showcases the power of cell-based technology to create materials that are both innovative and ethically sound, paving the way for commercially attractive improvements in unique character and cost-efficiency".
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About BSF Enterprise PLC
BSF Enterprise PLC (LSE:BSFA) develops and commercialises cutting-edge tissue-engineered solutions, including lab-grown leather (via LGL), cultivated meat, and corneal repair technologies. By leveraging its proprietary scaffold-free ATEP™ platform, BSF delivers sustainable, high-performance alternatives to conventional materials, targeting global markets where provenance, ethics, and performance are increasingly prized by consumers and brands alike.