11 January 20218 January 2021Natural Innovations from Finland Herald the Dawn of a New Wooden AgeAs global industries turn their focus to sustainability, Finnish innovators are drawing on their proximity to nature to generate new material solutions
30 April 202029 April 2020VTT and 52 companies to cooperate to reduce need for plastics by using natural fibresIn the future, natural fibres may replace plastics in, for example, packaging, hygiene products, building materials and textiles
4 June 201929 May 2019A new flexible packaging material based on wood fibresPaptic launched the first full-scale commercial product, Paptic® Tringa for shopping or e-commerce bags
7 February 20198 February 2019 Applications are welcome for the “Bio-based Material of the Year 2019”Deadline for submission: end of February 2019
Bewerbungen zum Innovationspreis „Bio-based Material of the Year 2019“ willkommenEinreichungsfrist: Ende Februar 2019
4 April 20184 April 2018The submission deadline for the Innovation Award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2018″ is still open until mid of April!The winners will be chosen by the participants of the “11th International Conference on Bio-based Materials”
7 July 20175 July 2017Bioeconomy: Tomorrow’s bio-products are made in FinlandFinnish forests has proved to be an incredibly versatile source of raw material for new bio-products
19 June 201713 June 2017Who are the winners of the European Bio-Based Innovation Awards 2017?Finnish company Paptic is opening a door for novel wood-based materials
16 May 201715 May 2017 “Bio-based Materials of the Year 2017” AnnouncedWinners are packaging materials based on agricultural residues from BIO-LUTIONS (DE), new generation paper bags from Paptic® (FI) and the first biotech raspberry fragrance from Phytowelt (DE)
Der Innovationspreis „Bio-based Material of the Year 2017“ ist verliehenSieger sind das Verpackungsmaterial aus Reststoffen von BIO-LUTIONS (DE), die neue Papier-Tragetasche von PAPTIC® (FI) und das erste biotechnologisch hergestellte Himbeeraroma von Phytowelt (DE)
30 March 201731 March 2017 Six candidates for the Innovation Award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2017” nominated!The winners will be elected at the International Conference on Bio-based Materials, 10-11 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany
Sechs Kandidaten für den Innovation-Award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2017” nominiert!Die Gewinner werden auf der „International Conference on Bio-based Materials“, 10.-11. Mai 2017 in Köln, gewählt
8 March 20167 March 2016Five Finnish bioeconomy innovations set to change the futureFinland turn towards a low-carbon and energy-efficient society is based on the use of renewable natural resources and recyclable materials
2 October 201530 September 2015Wood-based plastic bag company Paptic attracted more than a million in seed roundManufacturing of the product to start in autumn at the KCL pilot plant in Espoo
