Composites, i.e., fibre-reinforced plastics, represent the renewable materials of the future. They can be employed to advantage in a wide range of applications within the furniture, automotive, packaging and construction industries, among others.

 

Renewable composites offer more than just a way of replacing traditional, non-renewable materials. Their unique potential is expected to give rise to entirely new products and markets. An approach to design that extends to the molecular level makes it possible to produce composite materials that are perfectly adapted to market needs. Renewability, so far from being the defining factor, becomes one feature among many.

 

Our work with composites leads to contacts along the entire length of the value chain, opening new marketing channels for forest-based, renewable materials.