Clean-Tech Innovator Relocates to Northeast Science and Technology Center
Clean-Tech Innovator Relocates to Northeast Science and Technology Center
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Publish Date: 2026-06-18 09:09:00
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Still Bright moves out of startup incubator to keep its production in New Jersey
KENILWORTH, N.J., June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Northeast Science and Technology (NEST) Center will now be the home to Still Bright, Inc, a copper-extraction company developing a cleaner, low-cost alternative to traditional processing. Still Bright will occupy 15,000 square feet of laboratory space at 15 NEST, which will serve as the company’s global headquarters.
Still Bright, Inc is a copper-extraction company developing a cleaner, low-cost alternative to traditional processing.
Still Bright is tackling one of the energy transition’s hardest problems. Copper demand is surging, driven by AI data centers, grid expansion, and EVs, but new supply keeps stalling because communities have lost trust in how copper is made. Its patented RACER process is built to change that, recovering up to 99% of the copper from sulfide ore at ambient temperature and pressure, at a fraction of the cost of smelting and with no harmful waste.
The company continues to gather momentum towards delivering its transformational technology to market. Founded in 2022, Still Bright raised $18.7 million in seed funding in 2025 and is now advancing to pilot-scale production, with plans for a demonstration unit capable of producing roughly 500 tonnes of copper per year. Its move out of the HAX Accelerator, the Newark incubator where it proved out the technology, marks the next step towards that goal. NEST gives the company room to bring its chemistry from the bench to pilot manufacturing under one roof.
The space at 15 NEST will support a range of Still Bright’s efforts, including:
“We’re entering a decisive period for Still Bright and for the copper industry,” said Randy Allen, co-founder and CEO of Still Bright. “We’ve spent the past few years proving that modern electrochemistry can produce copper with better economics than the status quo. The geological copper is there and the demand…
