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VTT and ISKU have created a novel biocomposite chair from cellulose
VTT and ISKU have created a novel biocomposite chair from cellulose
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Making furniture with paper machines – VTT and ISKU have created a novel biocomposite chair from cellulose
Making furniture with paper machines – VTT and ISKU have created a novel biocomposite chair from cellulose
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VTT finds unprecedented extensible limits for formable cellulose-based food packaging to replace single-use plastic
Enabled by foam forming technology, VTT’s formable cellulose-based webs with 30% extensibility were used to make rigid packages using an industrial product packaging line. This opens up the manufacturing of a wide range of sustainable packaging solutions.
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GreenAro aims for new green production routes to important aromatic base chemicals
Chemical industry needs to look for new sustainable sources of carbon for its products to replace fossil feedstocks. GreenAro project will develop sustainable production routes from renewable raw materials to aromatics needed in high volume for the production of products such as glues, paints and plastics.
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VTT pilot scales up production of sustainable cellulose film to replace traditional plastic wrap in food packaging
Mass production of sustainable packaging materials for the food industry could lead to solving the sustainability challenges of one of the most commonly used plastics.
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VTT Project BioCarbonValue for BioCarbon Development
VTT-led joint research project received over a million euros in funding for upgrading agricultural sidestreams into biocarbon for high-value applications
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VTT Spins out Chemical Recycling Technology
VTT spins out Olefy to revolutionize circular plastic recycling
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VTT Develops Transparent Cellulose Film
VTT develops transparent cellulose film to replace traditional plastic in food packaging — When it comes to using “wood” to produce packaging, there’s the risk of deforestation. However, Finland may be an exception as they have different forests and forestry management experience.
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Cellulose Based Dental Implants
Tougher and lighter dental implant crowns can be made of cellulose-based nanocomposites
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Huhtamaki, RiverRecycle and VTT Partner on River Waste Collection
Huhtamaki partners with RiverRecycle and VTT to develop technology to tackle floating river waste. New technology river waste collector now operational on the Mithi River in Mumbai, India
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New Cellulose Plastic Film for Food Packaging
Advances in cellulose-based food packaging material move to testing phase of industrial production
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Unboxing VTT Packaging Innovations
Ever wondered, what packaging of the future looks like? Here at VTT, we have developed cool materials and new packaging solutions, and reveal them in this video. New wood-based materials and pioneering technologies provide sustainable alternatives for packaging
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Bioplastic Bottle from Citrus Peel
Plant-based and recyclable plastic bottles now enabled with VTT’s new FDCA technology using citrus peel as raw material
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Sulapac CEO Talks About What it Takes to Change the World
Ami Rubinstein is the Deputy CEO of Sulapac. He is passionate about creating ‘another Finnish success story’ and heading Sulapac’s journey to becoming the new standard in sustainable materials replacing plastic
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VTT Goes for Circular Polystyrene
Polystyrene can be circulated back to raw-material: MoPo project develops collection and reuse of the waste in Europe
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Plastic Like Packaging From Renewable Materials by VTT
Consumers and companies alike are interested in environmentally friendly and recyclable packaging made from renewable materials, such as wood.
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VTT Buys Hydroprocessing Bench Scale To Fasttrack Bioeconomy
hte – the high throughput experimentation company, has supplied a customised four-fold bench scale hydroprocessing unit to VTT, a Finnish research, development and innovation organisation.
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Finland VTT Believes Carbon Feedstock Will Breakthrough in Materials and Chemicals
In the carbon reuse economy, fossil carbon is left in the ground while aboveground carbon circulates without accumulating to the atmosphere. Forests act as both carbon sinks and an important source of carbon. In addition to this, carbon is captured from industrial emissions and eventually from the air, too. Our aim is that globally by…
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Spiders Silk Gives Strength To Wood-Based Bioplastics
Finnish researchers have combined the silk protein found in spiders’ webs with wood cellulose fibres to create a new durable form of bioplastic.
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Headphones From Bioplastics, Fungus and Yeast
Fungus, yeast-based bioplastic and other materials grown by microbes have been used to make the Korvaa headphones, designed by Finnish studio Aivan in collaboration with scientists.
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VTT Develops CatLignin, a Reactive Lignin for Wood Adhesives
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed technology known as “CatLignin” to produce reactive lignin from pulp industry side streams to be used as a replacement for toxic phenol compounds in wood adhesives that are widely used in wood products and furniture.
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