{"id":157542,"date":"2025-02-06T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=157542"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T10:45:34","slug":"adsorbi-secures-e1m-to-build-pilot-plant-for-its-air-purification-material-made-from-nordic-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/adsorbi-secures-e1m-to-build-pilot-plant-for-its-air-purification-material-made-from-nordic-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Adsorbi secures \u20ac1M to build pilot plant for its air purification material made from Nordic wood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Adsorbi has raised \u20ac1M in funding from\u00a0Mets\u00e4 Spring,\u00a0Chalmers Ventures<\/a>, Jovitech Invest, and a grant from Sweden\u2019s Innovation Agency for its cellulose-based air purification material. The capital will be used to construct and operate a pilot plant in Gothenburg, develop new products, and grow its customer base. Despite being only a three-year-old company, Adsorbi already has a growing customer base and industry collaborations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe joined Adsorbi\u2019s journey 1.5 years ago. The company has achieved all the goals agreed upon at the time and even surprised us investors positively in a few areas. The plan for the company’s next phase was very logical, and we are excited to support its implementation. Their development of a pulp-based new product makes them particularly relevant to Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s mission. With Adsorbi in our portfolio, we move closer to replacing fossil-based materials in everyday applications,”\u00a0says\u00a0Niklas von Weymarn, CEO of Mets\u00e4 Spring.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In October 2024, the European Union (EU) approved the new Ambient Air Quality Directive. The directive prioritises public health by introducing stricter air quality standards for key pollutants, including particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide \u2013 all known to cause respiratory issues. The new limits, to be achieved by 2030, bring EU standards closer to the WHO air quality guidelines, pushing businesses into a race to find new air filtering solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the World Health Organization, indoor air pollution killed over 3 million people in 2020<\/a>. Many ailments, such as asthma, heart disease, and lung cancers, can be caused by bad air quality. As people in industrialised nations spend up to 80\u201390% of their time indoors, maintaining air quality is crucial to keeping people\u2019s health intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adsorbi’s high-performing material, derived from Nordic tree cellulose, is designed for targeted pollutant capture, including key nitrogen oxides like nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2<\/sub>) \u2013 major contributors to air pollution \u2013 as well as acids and aldehydes. Aldehydes are commonly found in cosmetics, perfumes, cleaning products, odourant dispensers, and grooming aids. This means Adsorbi\u2019s patented material can be used wherever gaseous air pollutants are a problem \u2013 in air filters, products that remove odours, and in museums to protect artefacts and works of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the current market standard, which is activated carbon, Adsorbi\u2019s material lasts longer, doesn\u2019t release any hazardous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) back into the air, is water and fire-resistant, and changes color to indicate when it needs to be replaced. Adsorbi is also a more energy-efficient alternative, generating around 50% lower CO2<\/sub> emissions \u2013 3.5 kg CO2<\/sub> per kilogram of material \u2013 compared to activated carbon, which has an emission factor of 7.5 kg CO2<\/sub> per kilogram of material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re grateful to our investors for their continued support. With the funding we will establish pilot production, a crucial step for scaling Adsorbi. Air pollutant control is needed in many markets, and we\u2019re ready to offer a commercial solution that ensures the air we breathe is clean without extensive use of fossil-based materials,\u201d\u00a0says\u00a0Hanna Johansson, CEO of Adsorbi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adsorbi has raised \u20ac1M in funding from\u00a0Mets\u00e4 Spring,\u00a0Chalmers Ventures, Jovitech Invest, and a grant from Sweden\u2019s Innovation Agency for its cellulose-based air purification material. The capital will be used to construct and operate a pilot plant in Gothenburg, develop new products, and grow its customer base. Despite being only a three-year-old company, Adsorbi already has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":157576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Adsorbi already has growing industry collaborations, now the company will develop new products and grow its customer base","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,6162,18446],"supplier":[22663,5585,10306],"class_list":["post-157542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-cellulose","tag-filtermaterial","supplier-adsorbi-ab","supplier-european-union","supplier-vinnova"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157542"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=157542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}