Ecohelix is responding to the need for more sustainable materials by providing wood-based biopolymers. Need to replace fossil-based materials in packaging, paper&board production and construction is eminent. Sustainable and high performing solutions are urgently needed.
Ecohelix is responding to the need for more sustainable materials. Need to replace fossil-based materials in packaging, paper&board production and construction is eminent. Sustainable and high performing solutions are urgently needed.
Ecohelix´s wood-based biopolymers provide solutions to these needs. Our ground-breaking technology and WOODMER®’s unique characteristics respond to validated market needs, including the requirement to replace fossil-based chemicals with sustainable alternatives, also meeting or outperforming their technical performance. In addition to coating materials in packaging, we have identified significant potential with the paper chemicals, adhesives and dispersants and explore sectors like renewable batteries, textiles and plastic additives.
Benefits of Ecohelix WOODMER® products are:
- Reduces CO2emissions of application materials up to 98%
- Up to 20 times higher performance compared to conventional polymers
- Wood-based raw material replacing fossil- and food-based polymers
- Sustainable alternative to plastics thus avoiding microplastics problem
- Unique technology providing access to abundant and neglected raw material
- Turns neglected side stream of wood biomass into valuable product
Ecohelix WOODMER® is a platform technology, which provides the grounds for several different applications utilizing unique structure and versatile, modifiable properties of WOODMER® polymer. Our product portfolio provides solutions to following application areas:
- WOODMER® Seal => wood-based heat seal coatings solution enhancing circularity
- WOODMER® Pulp => sustainable paper chemical
- WOODMER® Bind => water-based adhesive reducing emissions
- WOODMER® Disperse => versatile dispersing agent
