VTT’s innovation, cellulose-based material, beats plastics in all properties – without the consumer having to compromise ease of use

1. VTT’s
innovations
help Finland
live off the
forest – also in
the future
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VTT’s innovation, cellulose-based
material, beats plastics in all
properties – without the consumer
having to compromise ease of use.
VTT helps Finland
live off the forest – also
in the future.

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VTT’s innovation, cellulose-based
material, beats plastics in all
properties – without the consumer
having to compromise ease of use.
VTT helps Finland
live off the forest – also
in the future.

4. 2. Commercialisable solutions from the forest under
VTT’s leadership
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78% of Finland’s area is covered in forests, but the materials for packaging, clothes and
electronics were still drilled from the ground as oil. VTT challenged the idea that print media was
the only commercialisable, high added value product that could be sourced from the forest.
1999
First patent for a bio-
based textile fibre
2008
The Nanocellulose Centre
begins operations
(VTT, Aalto University and
UPM)
2009
The joint research centre of the forest
industry KCL merges with VTT
2013
The world’s first pilot
environment for fibre
foams is launched at VTT
2017
VTT assembles 33 global
companies to create fibre
products of the future
2018
The largest bioeconomy
research environment in the
Nordic countries, the Bioruukki
Biomass Centre, is opened

5. 3. VTT’s R&D kickstarts exports
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Within the next 20 years, the goals are...
Value of cellulose +200%
due to new applications
and innovations
3% increase in Gross
Domestic Product
33% growth in forest
industry exports

6. 4. VTT blazes new, sustainable trails for the packaging
industry
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Food keeps
10X
longer*
Food packaging
Top 5
circular material in
the World
Ellen MacArthur
Award 2018
3 months
from idea to
prototype
100%
decomposable
and recyclable

7. SUP
Stand up pouch
5. VTT näyttää tietä pakkausteollisuuden kestävälle
uudistumiselle
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6%
out of all flexible packaging
(MEUR 700)
Fillable with fluid
Light, adaptive
form
Reduces
packaging material
costs
VTT – beyond the obvious
Market is
growing per
year
6,5%
100%
decomposable
and recyclable

8. 6. Recyclable quality cloth from waste through VTT’s
innovations
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Cellulose textile
100 %
recycled
fibre
The production method can
save
99 % water
More durable than cotton – soon also cheaper*
Production requires
no carbon disulphide
like viscose fibre
Climate solver
honoree 2016,
WWF
No plastics
such as
polyester
100 %
recyclable &
decomposable

9. 7. VTT:n tulevaisuuden ratkaisut kiertotalouden
toteuttamiseksi
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New packaging solutions and
materials
Composites entirely built from
cellulose
Wearable materials
Biodegradable (packaging)
materials based on a fibrous
web
Air and water
purification systems
(new filters)
Energy production
Energy recovery
systems
Development of the
utilisation of
gasification energy
Biofuel
PRIMARY
PRODUCT
MANUFACTURE
END
PRODUCT
MANUFACTURE
SERVICE
PROVISION
CONSUMER /
USER

10. 8. In the future, materials will circulate so that they do
not run out
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Screen protector now:
100 % plastics
In the future:
100 % cellulose
In the future:
Stand up cellulose
pouch, 0 % plastics
VTT is solving the greatest problems of humankind
www.vttresearch.com/resource-sufficiency #resourcesufficiency
Now: 100 % plastics
In the future:
100 % made from waste
Now: 100 % plastics
In the future:
Multilayer cellulose, 0 % plastics
Now: 9.3 % plastics
0 % biodegradable
Styrofoam:
100 % plastics
In the future:
100 %
cellulose

11. 9. VTT ties the ecosystem together
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CERES, the flagship project of the Academy of Finland
In this project for solutions and materials research for the future of bioeconomy, VTT and the Aalto
University are developing new biobased materials for industrial-scale production for the global market.
Ellen MacArthur’s Circular Materials Challenge
VTT is developing solutions for achieving circular economy and solving the plastic waste problem.
The Telaketju project
VTT is directing an ecosystem of two universities and 13 companies in a project developing circular textile
economy through waste recycling and fibre reuse.
The Future Fibre Products project
VTT assembled 33 companies from Finland, North America, Europe and Asia to develop new fibre
products and processes.

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10. The victory of
cellulose is
inevitable
“By the end of next
year, a T-shirt made
from this textile fibre
will be cheaper
than one made from
cotton.”
Petri Alava
CEO, Infinited Fibre
Company
Tekniikka ja Talous magazine,
April 2018

13. 11. Companies born from VTT innovations
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Among the ten most interesting start-ups.
Talouselämä 2017
Paptic
VTT’s spinoff manufactures packaging and carrying
bags for consumer brands from cellulose. In 2018, a
factory will be established for the production,
promising 50 jobs.

14. 12. Companies born from VTT innovations
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EUR 1.5 million in net sales after two years of
operation
Infinited Fibre Company
Manufactures a recyclable fabric from textile waste using
technology developed by VTT. The properties of the fabric
are like a mixture of cotton and viscose. In 2019, the product
will be able to compete in price with cotton textile products.

15. 13. Companies born from VTT innovations
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A method that can save 99 % water
Spinnova
Spinnova is commercialising a cellulose-based textile fibre
technology, originally developed at VTT, where the fibre is
directly produced from pulp from a pulp mill. No harmful
chemicals are used in the process, which makes this fibre
unique. Compared to the production of cotton, the method
can save 99 %. This heralds a seismic breakthrough, as
production progresses to industrial scale, probably in 2018.