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Happy Holidays and a CO2 negative 2025!
2024 is almost behind us. Last year, together with our partners, we again made great strides towards a future with circular and CO2 negative materials. And we will of course continue on this path in 2025! We are looking forward to good cooperation and more great sustainable results. Wishing you good holidays and and a…
Read MoreSaint-Gobain Invests in Dutch Plantics B.V. to Develop Sustainable Solutions for the Construction Industry
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, December 2, 2024 — Saint-Gobain Benelux has announced via the Group’s venture arm Nova by Saint-Gobain, a minority equity investment in the privately-owned Dutch company Plantics B.V. The collaboration will allow both companies to combine their R&D capabilities, manufacturing expertise, and market reach. Together, Saint-Gobain and Plantics will develop innovative circular construction materials…
Read MoreNew product launches featuring Plantics at Orgatec
At Orgatec, the premier trade fair for workplace and office furnishings held in Cologne last October, Plantics showcased how natural materials combined with their bio-resin create the perfect foundation for sustainable furniture. Their partner, Vepa, unveiled two exciting product lines that highlight the potential for eco-friendly and circular furniture. One of Vepa’s innovations is an…
Read MoreWood panel industry shows growing interest in Plantics
Plantics’ plant-based bio-resin is emerging as an innovative solution for wood panel manufacturers seeking to enhance the sustainability and circularity of their production processes. This was particularly evident last October at the European Wood-based Materials Symposium in Hamburg, where many manufacturers expressed interest in the potential of Plantics’ offerings. At this key industry event, the…
Read MoreLeo Kruit: ‘Plantics can help change the world’
Leo Kruit recently joined Plantics as Director Business Development. He succeeds Paul Kieffer, who is enjoying his well-deserved retirement. Who is Leo? Time for an introduction. ‘Seeing the wonderful things that are possible at Plantics, that really makes me happy,’ Leo says. ‘Plantics has tremendous innovative power. As a newcomer to this company, I am…
Read MorePlantics in Renewable Matter
The leading bimonthly Italian/English magazine on circular economy Renewable Matter/Materia Rinnovable, published an article on Plantics in its ‘Startup’ section in September.
Read MorePlantics participates in Interreg hemp-project
To ensure a sufficient supply of high-quality hemp fibres from the region, we participate in the Interreg project Hemp2Comp (Hemp to Composites).
Read MorePlantics in Panels & Furniture Asia
The Asian version of Panels & Furniture interviewed our CEO Wridzer Bakker. You can read the complete interview about panel manufacturing on their website: ‘The “accidental” but welcoming discovery of a plant-based circular resin’. Bakker asks himself: ‘Do we want to keep using materials that are toxic, meaning containing formaldehyde, and fossil-based, meaning large CO2…
Read MoreCO2Fit project succesfully completed (with video)
Recently, the CO2Fit project was succesfully completed. In this project, several partners* worked together to develop circular building materials based on Plantics bio-resin and natural materials. This proved to be a fruitful collaboration: a complete set of circular building materials – both sheet materials and insulation materials – was developed and incorporated into a full-size…
Read MorePly Loop Chair by JorisLaarmanLab is based on Plantics resin
We are very proud that Dutch designstudio JorisLaarmanLab used our Plantics resin to shape their new Ply Loop Chair. The chair is currently on view in the show ‘under present conditions’ at the Friedman Benda Gallery in New York. On their Instagram JorisLaarmanLab writes: “Typically, plywood is a lot less ecologically friendly than you might…
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