The renewable materials companyBiocomposites
Imagine an affordable way to go green
The need to replace fossil-based materials with renewables is more than a trend that comes and goes with the seasons. This is change for good. So, imagine finding an easy and cost-efficient way to cut the environmental impact of every product in your portfolio.
DuraSense® by Stora Enso
Our wood-fiber biocomposite is a blend of wood fibers and polymers – virgin, recycyled or bio-based – offering a flexible solution with the mouldability of plastic, yet the strength, workability and natural feel as well as sustainable benefits of wood. A switch to biocomposite can reduced your CO2 footprint by up to 80%, improve recyclability and give you the opportunity for circular business model. DuraSense® is for companies seeking a high-performance, cost-competitive and bio-based alternative to plastics.
The DuraSense® product family is suitable for a wide range of applications from consumer goods to industrial applications for manufacturing by injection moulding, extrusion, or 3D printing.
Key benefits
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Ability to replace most general-purpose plastics without losing properties.
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Increased production efficiency with less cooling time and greater stiffness
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Affordable sustainability
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Up to 50% weight reduction possibility and low density for high tensile strength
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Design flexibility in look and feel of end products
End-use applications
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Storage & logistics: boxes, covers, pallets, dollies, hangers
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Furniture and interior: chairs, tables, components, details
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Consumer goods: toys, lifestyle products, beauty and hygiene products, promotional items, garden equipment
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Food contact plastics: screw caps, mugs, kitchen utensils, disposables, food trays
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Industrial and automotive components: power tools, electrical products, car interior parts and panels
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Plastic conversions
Why DuraSense?
- Climate friendly and renewable
- Circular
- Affordable sustainability
Contacts
Mikael Hallhagen
Biocomposites - granules for moulding
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Roger Bergström
Biocomposites - extrusion
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Elisabeth Bergvall
Biocomposites - fiber mats
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Otto Mertanen
Biocomposites - distribution
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Recent press releases about DuraSense
Our innovation focuses on further development of existing products based on trees, as well as newer areas such as bio-barriers, intelligent packaging, bio-based carbons, bio-based plastics, dissolving pulp and novel cellulose materials.