Five years of successful collaboration between Greewave and University labs

Greewave develops renewable fillers and elastomers that replace parts of the fossil content in plastics.

“We create sustainable materials using biomass. Side streams from the forest industry, for instance, are underutilized. We try to create value by modifying them chemically and make them useful for other industries, like the plastic industry. Our whole value proposition relies on our chemical modification technologies, ”said Luis Valencia. 

What can you tell us about your collaboration with the Polymer Technology Lab? 

“We collaborate in the early stages of product development. We use the results to adjust formulations to test new materials. And for this purpose, I think Borås has everything that is needed.”

“We started this cooperation by exploring how we can use the lab facilities. And we have been cooperating for the last five years for a reason: We have had very good results and we're starting to explore different new types of biomasses now. Moving on with the cooperation they are not only providing a service to us, but rather co-developing new products for the future.

If you would recommend the lab to others, what would you highlight?

“I would say very well recognized labs and very competent staff that is very open for cooperation.”

“We have worked with Mikael Skrifvars and Pooria Khalili, they are excellent researchers, very supportive and very knowledgeable. They have very good instrumentation, both for polymer processing and for material testing. In general, the staff is extremely helpful and open to schedule time for us.”
 

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