Sustainable high-performance biopolymers
We transform abandoned pulp industry side streams into WOODMER® polymers – bio-based alternatives to fossil materials. Sustainable, high performing and emission reducing polymers to be used as coating and barrier materials in packaging, adhesives in furniture and construction and dispergation agents in paper chemicals. Nature driven technology for more sustainable everyday life products.
Applications for daily life
products
Bio-based WOODMER® polymers provide alternatives to plastics. Ecohelix WOODMER® biopolymer products are sustainable emission reducing materials, renewable polymer products derived from wood biomass side streams. These novel bio-based polymers provide excellent performance with low CO2 emissions helping formulators, converters and brand owners to reach high sustainability without compromising the performance of the polymers.
WOODMER®
Seal
Plastic-free heat seal coating with barrier properties. Enables wider utilization of paper-based packaging, fulfilling increasingly tightening packaging obligations
WOODMER®
Disperse
Versatile dispersing resin for water-based systems. Replaces oil-based dispersants in
inks, paints and battery materials
WOODMER®
Bind
Water-based, wood-derived adhesive. Bio-based replacement of oil-based PVA adhesives and food-based adhesives like starch, dextrin, and casein
WOODMER®
Pulp
High performing sustainable paper chemical. Superior performance in ASA emulsifying at lower overall cost for the customer
Sustainable technology utilizing pulp industry side streams in biopolymer production at commercial scale
Our innovative bio-based product is made from natural forestry biomass, offering a renewable solution without harmful chemicals. By transforming waste side streams into high-value material, we maximize resource efficiency while avoiding competition with food resources
96% bio-based content,
plastic free
90% lower CO2 compared to fossil materials
100/100 CEPI recylability score
High performing drop in
solution
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Tech
SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS
WOODMER BIOPOLYMERS
Our mission is to make everyday life more sustainable. Ecohelix introduces a unique and patented technology refining hemicellulose from currently untapped pulping industry side streams into high performing WOODMER® biopolymer components.
With the help of the new technology, we can provide green, sustainable alternatives to plastics and to other conventional oil and food-based polymers. The positive impact is remarkable.
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From purpose to technology
DRIVEN BY NATURE
Ecohelix is a sustainable materials company. It is also a technology company. It means we think and operate like engineers, and we possess our background in science. As we deal with nature, we also consider ourselves as sustainability driven individuals.
Ecohelix is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
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AWARDS
INVESTING IN THE FUTURE
The majority of the products we use every day have oil-based or food-based polymer components. This creates greenhouse gas emissions, which boost the global warming. Now, there are alternatives to plastics and a way to replace harmful oil and food-based materials with bio-based WOODMER® polymers. Sustainably.
This can be done by mimicking the nature´s own processes. Ecohelix has created a technology that revolutionizes the utilization of wood based polymers – now in demo scale.
Full scale production of WOODMER® biopolymers is envisioned to start in 2028.
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TRL7
Patented technology,
granted in all relevant global markets
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Ecohelix Advances Commercial Demo Expansion: LIFE Monitoring Visit Highlights Progress
05.02.2026
The journey toward sustainable flexible packaging is gaining momentum. We are thrilled to share that the expansion of our commercial demonstration unit at Domsjö Fabriker is moving steadily forward. This expansion is a cornerstone of the LIFEWOODMER project, co-funded by the EU LIFE Programme. The project is designed to significantly…
Ecohelix wins Packaging Europe´s Sustainability Awards
11.11.2025
Ecohelix is the winner of the Packaging Europe Sustainability Award 2025 in the Pre-Commercial category for Renewable Materials! Often called the 'Nobel Prize' for packaging sustainability, these global awards shine a spotlight on the ideas and developments that make a tangible difference in the industry. The competition is judged by…
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LATEST RELEASE
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Why Repulpability Is Essential for Paper&Board Recycling?
In this blog post we summarize the importance of recyclability in packaging materials and outline the concept of repulpability testing: what it means in practice, why it is important, how it is tested, and the interpretation of the results. Repulpability Defined: Unlike general recyclability, repulpability specifically measures how effectively a material disintegrates into individual fibres … Read more
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Pre-study on using Ecohelix WOODMER as battery material
Ecohelix and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden collaborated on a preliminary study to explore the potential of Ecohelix WOODMER®, a bio-based polymer, as a battery material. The project was titled “Improving the performance of Li-Ion battery anodes with sustainable WOODMER®”. Ecohelix WOODMER® is a novel, high-performance, wood-derived polymer offering a sustainable alternative to fossil-based polymers. … Read more
Ecohelix is a finalist at Sustainable Packaging Awards
Ecohelix has been selected as a finalist for Packaging Europe’s prestigious Sustainability Awards in the Renewable Materials (pre-commercial) category. We sent our WOODMER® Seal heat seal coating solution to the competition and are in the finals with other substantially excellent packaging sector innovations. Our forest-derived heat seal coating solution enables completely fibre-based packaging, origins from … Read more
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Ecohelix AB is an independent biotechnology company, established in 2014 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, where we run our R&D efforts. Biotechnology, material chemistry and process technology are the cornerstones of the R&D strategy, enabling the company to build production of high performing and sustainable products, thus bringing them to the market.
The company is financed by private equity as well as national and EU grants. Our VEHICLE project has received funding from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 837866.
Ecohelix has spent years in the laboratory developing this unique technology. The process has been verified in relevant industrial conditions (TRL 7). Ecohelix has cooperated and established a demo scale plant for production of the hemicellulose-lignin copolymers developed and patented by Ecohelix and supported by Domsjö Fabriker. The technology has proven to be highly efficient and we are now ready to establish industrial setup to produce sustainable biopolymers in a large-scale.
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