Aircapture and Corning Incorporated have announced the transition of their multi-year collaboration toward commercial deployment of modular direct air capture technology, with Corning supplying advanced honeycomb ceramic materials engineered for CO₂ capture in Aircapture's systems.After several years of joint pilot-stage research, development and system integration, Aircapture has begun deploying modular DAC systems across beverage, concrete and other industrial markets. Corning is scaling its newest substrate technology — developed specifically for CO₂ capture — to support broader commercial adoption.Aircapture's modular units are compact, rapidly deployable and can be installed and commissioned in days rather than months. The systems have demonstrated CO₂ production at up to 99.998% purity for use in commercial applications including beverage carbonation, greenhouse agriculture, concrete processing and permanent sequestration.Corning's substrate draws on more than 50 years of ceramic engineering expertise, featuring an engineered microstructure optimized for solid sorbent and flow-through adsorption processes that supports continuous operation under direct air capture conditions.The collaboration has already demonstrated field results. Under Project Hajar in the United Arab Emirates, Aircapture deployed eight modular DAC units featuring Corning's substrates and achieved operational status in 17 days. Aircapture was later named a winner of the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition."Aircapture was founded on the premise that atmospheric CO₂ is not just a problem to be reduced, but a resource that can be put to productive use," said Matt Atwood, founder and CEO of Aircapture. "Partnerships like Corning who bring world-class ceramic engineering expertise play an important role in that progress. This level of technical collaboration is essential to building and deploying DAC systems that are profitable and scalable.""For over 175 years, Corning has applied its expertise in materials science to help solve some of the world's toughest challenges," said Willard Cutler, division vice president and commercial technology director of Corning Environmental Technologies. "We're pleased to collaborate with Aircapture as it advances commercial deployment of direct air capture."The International Energy Agency estimates that carbon removal will need to scale to billions of tonnes annually by mid-century.

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Aircapture and Corning have moved their multi-year DAC collaboration into early commercial deployment, with Corning supplying advanced ceramic substrates for Aircapture's modular carbon capture systems. The systems, which can be operational within days of installation and produce CO₂ at up to 99.998% purity, are being deployed across beverage, concrete and other industrial markets, with field deployments including Project Hajar in the UAE already demonstrating the technology's scalability.

Aircapture and Corning partner to advance commercial pathways for direct air capture

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