The aim of this research group is to utilize Icelandic nature for the production of widely sought after biomolecules and enzymes with an emphasis on researching an improved standard in enzymes designed for industrial and research purposes. Amongst these enzymes are various transformation enzymes that effect features within polysaccharides such as starch and cellulose. Alongside the producing and selling of enzymes the division does improvements on enzymes and applies them to molecular biology. 

Biotechnology is, in general, the processing of biomolecules from cells or cellular parts. These are enzymes, peptides, amino acids and other biomolecules i.e. vitamins, antioxidants, polysaccharides and oligosaccharides.

Matís develops innovative enzymes from its own extreme sources in Iceland. The key to success is the unrivalled proprietary collection of thermophilic phage genomes. The main research focus has been on finding and marketing new and improved industrial and research enzymes from thermopile and psychrophilic bacteria, which include a variety of enzymes for converting polysaccharides, starch and cellulose.