Swedish constructing supplies maker Ekolution has opened a state-of-the-art bast fiber processing line at a manufacturing facility in Malmö.
The road, by Austrian expertise group ANDRITZ, will broaden manufacturing capability for Ekolution, which makes environmentally pleasant hemp fibers and nonwoven felts. The expertise equipped consists of gear for hemp decortication and refining, mixed with a line for producing felts.
The not too long ago commissioned ANDRITZ line, designed to supply hemp fiber with out impurities by a mild course of, is supplied with equipment that has a small footprint and operates at low vitality, in accordance with the corporate.
Excessive-quality fibers
The decortication and refining gear will produce high-quality fibers from as much as 5 tons of feedstock per hour. Among the fibers will likely be fed right into a line producing as much as 1.5 tons of nonwovens felt per hour for numerous purposes.
Remi Loren, CEO of Ekolution, mentioned the processing operation achieves his firm’s sustainability targets by a course of that makes essentially the most of uncooked supplies whereas decreasing useful resource consumption.
Ekolution, established in 2013, produces bio-based constructing options and supplies utilizing hemp from its personal plantations as a uncooked materials. Its hemp fiber insulation was the primary with an Environmental Product Declaration (EDP) confirming that it’s carbon-negative.
Big selection of makes use of
Ekolution’s hemp panels and nonwoven merchandise have been used within the building of a high-tech logistics heart in Stockholm, the world’s largest constructing challenge utilizing hemp fiber insulation, in accordance with the Worldwide Hemp Constructing Affiliation.
Along with the development business, Ekolution’s hemp merchandise can be used within the automotive, textile, furnishings, acoustics, packaging, pulp (paper), and different segments the place pure fibers are in demand.
ANDRITZ, the gear provider, affords a broad portfolio of modern crops, gear, techniques, companies and digital options for a variety of industries and finish markets.
