There has been a dramatically increase in demand for sustainable and light weight materials, e.g. light weight, strong engineering composites for the transportation sector, renewable packaging materials etc. At the same time bioplastic production capacities are increasing. The combination of bioplastics and nanotechnology offers a possibility to meet the demands.

 

Bio(nano)composites

A new European research project, coordinated by Innventia, is called SustainComp and aims at introducing several families of new advanced wood-based biocomposites for a number of commercial sectors in society. A successful project will result in an array of new high-value renewable materials using less resources, and therefore sustainable, production methods. These new materials will integrate today’s large enterprises on the raw material and end-use sides and small and medium sized enterprises on the composite processing side.