Microorganism-based cellulose materials
for a sustainable future
OUR SUPPORTERS & PARTNERS:
Market challenge & opportunity
Need for functional bio-based ingredients
Product manufacturers across multiple industries face increasing pressure to reduce their reliance on harmful materials including microplastics, many toxic substances, or PFAS (forever chemicals) due to their significant environmental and health risks. Stricter regulations and shifting consumer expectations are accelerating the need for safer, biobased, and circular material alternatives.
ENVIRONMENTAL challenge
Need for sustainable treeless fibers
Cellulose production typically involves many intensive mechanical and/or chemical processes consuming large amounts of energy and water. Additionally, sourcing wood pulp from non-regenerative sources contributes to deforestation and biodiversity loss. Not mentioning the transportation over thousands of kilometers, which altogether make the production very energy and carbon footprint-heavy.
our solution
Microorganism-based fibrous materials
Treeless produces truly sustainable and multifunctional microorganism-based fibrillar materials by local fabrication in highly scalable and automatable platforms and upcycling of industrial organic waste. We are harnessing the power of biology to produce natural fibrils without the use of trees and long-distance transportation. Treeless furthermore develops innovative sustainable applications of the microorganism-based fibrils across industries using its unique mechanical and biochemical properties.
Protects forest landscapes
by switching away to alternative microorganism-based fiber sources
Scalable and efficient
by fabrication in highly scalable and automatable platforms
Local
thanks to the modularity can be based closer to customer markets
Highly functional
due to the inherent biomaterial properties and unique tailorability
Tailorable and unique
thanks to our modular manufacturing process
Supports circular economy
by use of local biological waste and integration in the existing recycling infrastructure
Community
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