7 November 20242 November 2024 Spinnova has been granted a Business Finland R&D loan for developing its fibre production technology The loan amount represents 50% of the project’s total cost estimate, which totals EUR 25 million, including two phases
2 May 202425 April 2024 Making furniture with paper machines – VTT and ISKU have created a novel biocomposite chair from cellulose The chair, designed by ISKU, has a sleek and modern appearance that highlights the natural texture and colour of the biocomposite material
5 April 20233 April 2023 Carbonaide raises EUR 1.8 million to make manufacturing concrete carbon negative With its factory-sized pilot unit and fully operational value chain, Carbonaide can mineralize up to five tons of CO2 per day and increase production by 100-fold of its carbon-negative concrete products
21 December 202219 December 2022 Using CO₂ emissions from industry to make climate-friendly plastics VTT launches project to manufacture polymers using captured CO2 from forest industry and incinerated waste
5 July 20221 July 2022 Neste und VTT vereinbaren den Bau einer Power-to-Liquids-Demonstrationsanlage für die CO2-Abscheidung sowie die Produktion von grünem Wasserstoff und E-Fuels im VTT Bioruukki Pilot Centre Die technologische Entwicklung der Hochtemperatur-Elektrolyse, CO2-Abscheidung und Kohlenwasserstoffsynthese wurde im Rahmen des von Business Finland finanzierten Veturi-Forschungsprojekts zur e-Fuels-Entwicklung abgeschlossen und ist bereit für die Anwendung
VTT and Neste agreed on building an integrated Power-to-Liquids (e-fuels) demonstration facility at VTT Bioruukki Pilot Centre for CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production Development of high temperature electrolysis, CO2 capture, and hydrocarbon synthesis technologies have been completed in Business Finland funded Veturi E-fuel research project and the integrated technology is now ready for implementation
27 April 202221 April 2022 Creating a sustainable Finnish textile industry with bio-based and recycled fibres The Telavalue project continues the line of previous projects of the Telaketju network and have promoted the creation of a Finnish circular economy of textiles
26 August 202123 August 2021 An alternative for leather and synthetic leather TT succeeded in demonstrating continuous production of mycelium leather
18 February 202117 February 2021 VTT, Neste et al in search for e-fuels breakthrough Altogether, EUR 6 million (about $7.2 million USD) is invested in a collaboration project for the development of the production of fuels in Finland
VTT, Neste and their partners seek breakthrough in Finnish e-fuel technology The market for electrolysis technology, which is a key to the production of synthetic fuels, is expected to grow more than 20-fold in the coming five years
11 January 20218 January 2021 Natural Innovations from Finland Herald the Dawn of a New Wooden Age As global industries turn their focus to sustainability, Finnish innovators are drawing on their proximity to nature to generate new material solutions
9 December 20209 September 2021 BUSINESS FINLAND greenlights Solar Foods’ €8.6M project World’s first food produced from thin air
17 March 20209 September 2021 Carbon dioxide as a raw material for the chemical industry – seeking a climate-friendly and economically viable industrial concept BECCU project will compare a variety of processes to capture carbon dioxide from biomass use in energy production and hydrogen to be produced
13 September 201810 September 2018 Spinnova attracts new financing and investment Developing the world’s most sustainable textile fibre, Spinnova will ramp up its pilot factory in Finland this year
27 July 201825 July 2018 Cellulose-based fibres will open a new future for Finnish textile industry Ongoing developments to new applications in the cellulose-based textiles sector and thus diversify the forest sector to new business areas where added value is higher