What Bison Industries does

Bison Industries is a US-based sourcing house and master distributor founded in 2021 that operates across five vertical product segments—PPE, Food Service, Packaging, Janitorial/Sanitation, and Medical—serving North American customers through a sales-led model that combines direct consultant engagement with a partner reseller network. The company monetizes through three distinct streams: product distribution as a master distributor, consulting services delivered alongside product placement, and licensing of proprietary sustainability technology to manufacturers and vendors.

The company's distinguishing asset is a proprietary organic additive described as a 'drop-in polymer' that is incorporated during plastic manufacturing in the same manner as a colorant. When treated plastics enter microbe-rich environments such as soil, landfills, and oceans, the additive attracts microbes that colonize the surface, secrete enzymes, and break polymer chains down into monomers, ultimately producing biogas (including capturable methane) and biomass with no microplastics remaining. The technology carries multi-substrate applicability across plastics, rubber, foam, synthetic fabrics, and coatings, and is backed by a broad certification stack including ASTM D5511, D5526-18, D5988, D5338, D6691-17, E1963, OECD 207/208, FDA food-contact clearance, EU REACH, EFSA, and Intertek Green Leaf Biodegradation certification.

Bison commercializes the additive through its EARTHKORE sub-brand, which markets 100% recyclable single-use products as replacements for conventional plastic packaging, and through a technology licensing stream directed at manufacturers and vendors embedding sustainability-focused SKUs. The company presents itself as partnership-centric and consulting-led rather than as a high-velocity software or platform business. Customer logos, headcount, pricing, and revenue are not publicly disclosed, and no institutional funding rounds are documented in the available source material.

Name

Bison Industries

Legal name

Bison Industries

Website

https://bisonin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bison Industries is a US-based master distributor and sourcing house, founded in 2021, distributing PPE, food service, packaging, janitorial, and medical products across North America while licensing a proprietary organic additive that accelerates plastic biodegradation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Product Distribution: As a master distributor, Bison Industries sources and distributes professional products across multiple industries (PPE, Food Service, Packaging, Janitorial/Sanitation, Medical) to customers at multiple stages in the supply chain.
2. Consulting Services: Provides consulting expertise alongside products, combining people and products through mutually beneficial partnerships with clients.
3. Sustainable Technology Licensing: Licensing of proprietary organic ingredient technology for plastic biodegradation to manufacturers and vendors as part of their sustainability-focused product offerings.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bison Industries is a master distributor and sourcing house that consults, distributes, and supplies professional products across five industrial verticals — PPE, Food Service, Packaging, Janitorial/Sanitation, and Medical — to customers at multiple stages in the North American supply chain. Through its EARTHKORE sub-brand, the company also offers a proprietary 100% organic drop-in polymer additive that enables plastic products to rapidly biodegrade in landfill, soil, and marine environments with zero microplastics, while maintaining equivalent strength, flexibility, and recyclability to untreated plastics.

Product overview

Bison Industries operates as a master distributor and sourcing house offering multiple product segments: PPE, Food Service, Packaging, Janitorial/Sanitation, and Medical products. The company also offers EARTHKORE branded sustainable products featuring revolutionary organic ingredient technology that enables plastics to biodegrade in landfills, soil, and marine environments. The EARTHKORE product line is designed to replace single-use plastics while maintaining equivalent strength, flexibility, and shelf-stability to untreated plastics, while remaining fully recyclable.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EARTHKORE: A sustainable solutions brand that creates products for multiple industries, focused on replacing single-use plastics and plastic packaging with products using rapid-breakdown technology. EARTHKORE products are 100% recyclable.

Products and services

• PPE Distribution Personal protective equipment products sourced and distributed to industrial and commercial customers across the North American supply chain through Bison Industries' master distributor partnership network.
• Food Service Distribution Food service equipment and supplies sourced and distributed through Bison Industries' master distribution network to commercial food service operators.
• Packaging Distribution Packaging solutions for various industries, sourced and distributed through Bison Industries' partnership-centric approach.
• Janitorial / Sanitation Distribution Janitorial and sanitation products sourced and distributed for commercial and industrial applications.
• Medical Distribution Medical products and supplies sourced and distributed through Bison Industries' partner network to commercial medical buyers.
• EARTHKORE Sustainable Products Sustainable product line using Bison Industries' proprietary organic drop-in polymer additive that enables plastics to biodegrade in landfills, soil, and marine environments with zero microplastics. Products are 100% recyclable, single-use, and multi-purpose, and are sold to manufacturers and consumers in multiple industries.
• Rapid-Biodegradation Additive Licensing

Quantifiable outcome

• Plastic biodegradation reduced from centuries to just a few years
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• EARTHKOREcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEARTHKORE creates a variety of products for multiple industries using Bison Industries' rapid-breakdown technology. The company's goal is to replace single-use plastics and plastic packaging with products using this technology. EARTHKORE products are 100% recyclable, single-use, and multi-purpose. This partnership is central to Bison Industries' sustainability initiatives and world-changing solutions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Smart Plastic Technologies: Smart Plastic offers biodegradable additive technology for plastics marketed to packaging and consumer goods manufacturers. Comparable niche positioning around sustainability-driven plastic modification.
• NatureWorks: NatureWorks' Ingeo PLA is a widely licensed bioplastic serving packaging and food service markets. Comparable licensing business model and customer overlap with Bison's target verticals.
• TotalEnergies Corbion: TotalEnergies Corbion produces Luminy PLA bioplastics for packaging and durable goods. Competes for the same sustainability-driven licensing and material customers as Bison's EARTHKORE line.
• Novamont: Novamont's Mater-Bi bioplastics compete in the same end-uses (packaging, single-use items) and address the same regulatory pull as Bison's additive-treated plastics. Comparable sustainability licensing and material supply model.
• BioLogiQ: BioLogiQ develops bio-based additive masterbatches that trigger microbial biodegradation of conventional plastics in landfill and soil. Directly comparable to Bison's organic drop-in additive technology and zero-microplastics positioning.
• Danimer Scientific: Danimer Scientific produces Nodax PHA, a biodegradable polymer used in packaging and food service applications. Directly competitive substitute for plastics treated with Bison's biodegradable additive.
• ECM BioFilms: ECM BioFilms produces additive concentrates that make conventional plastics biodegradable in anaerobic and aerobic environments. Closest peer to Bison's EARTHKORE additive value proposition and drop-in integration model.

Broad incumbents

• HD Supply Holdings: HD Supply distributes maintenance, janitorial, and specialty industrial products across multiple verticals including foodservice. Comparable multi-vertical industrial distribution model to Bison's core business.
• WESCO International: WESCO is a large multi-vertical industrial distributor serving electrical, communications, and utility markets. Comparable master-distribution business model at vastly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Plastic Suppliers International: Plastic Suppliers International distributes specialty plastic films and biodegradable alternatives for packaging. Comparable master-distribution footprint in the same packaging verticals Bison serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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