Fibre materials technology
The demand for sustainable and renewable materials is increasing. With VTT you can create new bio-based materials viable for the circular economy and methods for manufacturing them more efficiently.
The market demand and legislative requirements for sustainable and renewable materials are increasing fast. With VTT you can create new bio-based and plastic-free materials for the circular economy and develop methods and processes for manufacturing them more efficiently.
The fibre materials technology platform allows you to experiment and develop new fibre-based material solutions for packaging, construction and textile applications. Let it be cellulose based, biopolymer or any kind of fibre raw material.
Scaling new opportunities from laboratory and R&D to commercial production always benefits from large scale validation and testing, and our pilot facilities support also large-scale research according to the needs of the industry. Minimize the risks with our existing infrastructure and support your decisions with data gathered with our advanced measurement and sensor data collection.
VTT’s research infrastructure for fibre materials consists of laboratory facilities, two unique pilot lines and a new third dry web forming process under construction. In addition to the traditional wet-laid process, our infrastructure enables the production of several applications by foam forming technology. Our expert teams complete our service package. The pilot infrastructure is located in Jyväskylä.
Our key infrastructure:
- Paper, board and nonwoven pilot lines
- Foam forming piloting
- Sustainable fibre product piloting
- Nonwoven technology and material development
- Analysis laboratory for fibre and nonwoven products
- Multiphase flow laboratory
- Rheology laboratory
- Web forming laboratory
- Water foam and air-laid web forming laboratory
We provide:
- Pilot and laboratory scale material and process development
- Product and process development
- Networks for full scale commercial projects
- Consultation support on business cases, related process modifications and new product innovations
For:
- Paper, board, tissue and nonwoven producers
- Machine suppliers
- Chemical suppliers
- Raw material suppliers
- Brand owners
Examples of development areas enabled with our piloting equipment:
- High solid contents, up to 10 times higher
- Multiple fibre options, especially on long fibres
- (Multi) Layered thick structures
- Exceptionally high speeds
- Savings in energy and water usage
