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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…
WOODMER Seal awarded in Packnorth Awards
09.10.2025
Ecohelix´s wood-based heat seal coating solution, WOODMER® Seal was a double winner in Packnorth Awards 2025! WOODMER Seal won the Bio-based Packaging category and received also Nordic Bioplastics Association's Special Prize. WOODMER is an interesting, bio-based closure material for heat…
Agreement to start building Ecohelix commercial demo
30.09.2025
Ecohelix and Domsjö Fabriker signed an agreement, which allows Ecohelix to start building 500 tn/year commercial demo production unit. Agreement is a continuum to the strong partnership between Ecohelix and Domsjö Fabriker and enables commercialization of Ecohelix WOODMER® biopolymers by…
Ecohelix Secures €2.2M EU LIFE Funding to Accelerate Market Entry of WOODMER Seal Biopolymer
04.06.2025
Biotechnology scale-up company Ecohelix has been awarded €2.2 million in funding for its LIFE WOODMER project under European Union's LIFE Circular Economy and Quality of Life Standard Action Projects. This substantial grant will accelerate the market introduction of Ecohelix's innovative biopolymer, WOODMER[®] Seal.
Ecohelix Wins Green Product Award 2025
16.05.2025
Ecohelix is excited to announce that its innovative WOODMER® Seal has been awarded the Green Product Award 2025 in the Packaging category. This esteemed recognition celebrates WOODMER® Seal as a groundbreaking and sustainable solution for the packaging industry.
Ecohelix is featured on Swedish Climate Startup Map!
05.02.2025
Ecohelix is featured on Swedish Climate Startup Map! We are excited about this recognition, being one of the companies providing solutions for more sustainable society by replacing fossil materials. Swedish Climate Startup Map initiative aims to showcase innovative startups developing innovations with the potential to help accelerate green transition.
Ecohelix WOODMER Seal Selected as Green Concept Award 2025 Finalist
07.01.2025
Over 1500 participants from 45 countries applied for the 12th edition of the Green Product Awards. After being reviewed under the aspects of design, innovation & sustainability, the best submissions were nominated. WOODMER® Seal is one of the Green Concept Award finalists in the Packaging category.
Ecohelix and Domsjö Fabriker AB sign long term partnership agreement to scale up sustainable Biopolymer production
18.12.2024
Ecohelix, a leading innovator in biotechnology and sustainable materials and Domsjö Fabriker, a renowed Swedish biorefinery, today announced a significant milestone in their collaboration: the signing of a termsheet to initiate the commercial phase of WOODMER® production.
Ecohelix products enhancing sustainability and circularity
15.10.2024
Ecohelix is responding to the need for more sustainable materials by providing wood-based biopolymers. Need to replace fossil-based materials in packaging, paper&board production and construction is eminent. Sustainable and high performing solutions are urgently needed.
Ecohelix has received Environmental Permit for scale-up of the demo production
28.11.2023
Ecohelix has received an environmental permit to expand the production in the current demo plant from 20 ton per year to 500 ton. Plant is located in Örnsköldsvik´s industrial area, alongside Domsjö Fabriker´s pulp mill. Environmental permit process includes the evaluation of environmental impacts of the plant to the nearby surroundings and people.
Ecohelix receives SEK 13 million to bring WOODMER® biopolymer products to market
18.09.2023
Ecohelix announces that it has received a SEK 13 million grant from Vinnova, Sweden´s Innovation Agency. The grant enables Ecohelix to bring its sustainable biopolymer WOODMER® to the market. With the investment, Ecohelix is scaling up demo production plant to verify commercial scale production capabilities and to make sustainable biopolymer available on the market.
Fredrik Lundqvist joins Ecohelix as Lead Engineer
21.08.2023
Biotechnology company Ecohelix is strengthening the team by hiring well experienced Fredrik Lundqvist as Lead Engineer. Fredrik has the responsibility in leading the practical engineering work in Ecohelix demo plant expansion and further in full scale plant project.
Ecohelix at EUBCE Conference
16.06.2023
Ecohelix CEO and founder, Petri Oinonen participated in EUBCE, the 31[st] European Biomass Conference and Exhibition in Bologna in the first week of June. EUBCE is the largest biomass conference and exhibition in the world, bringing together the greatest minds and latest advancements in biomass with the aim of accelerating research and market uptake across…
Ecohelix WOODMER® helping to get most out of moss
09.06.2023
Ecohelix is partnering with Boreal Orchards and RISE Prosessum AB in a collaboration project to test, how Ecohelix WOODMER® biopolymer helps to maximise moss establishment in infrastructure applications. Moss can be used to restore areas affected by industry, road construction and mining. Ecohelix’s biopolymer is currently used in many fields, and several verification projects are…
Ecohelix wins Henkel Innovation Challenge
15.05.2023
More Sustainable Surfactants for Home & Personal Cleaning Products. Winning Ecohelix innovation provides a natural wood-based biopolymer called WOODMER® to potentially replace currently used fossil-based material components in Henkel´s future product portfolios. Innovation can improve the environmental profile of products in home & personal care, which we use on a daily basis.
Ecohelix planning to build advanced production facility entirely from wood
27.03.2023
Biotechnology scale-up company, Ecohelix is partnering with Sweco, Eurocon, and AFRY AB to create a state-of-the-art production facility, entirely from wood. The new facility planned for Örnsköldsvik, Sweden will produce 15,000 tonnes of renewable wood-based polymeric products per annum.
Ecohelix Woodmer biopolymer reducing emissions
20.12.2022
"It´s amazing, how biopolymers can compete against well established oil based products", says Petri Oinonen, CEO and founder of Ecohelix
Ecohelix secures 3,0 MEUR bridge funding to build towards full scale biopolymer production
08.11.2022
Biotechnology scale-up company Ecohelix received new capital of 3,0 MEUR in funding round completed by end of July. Largest investors in this bridge round are Molindo Energy and Almi Invest GreenTech, who continue as anchor investors. The ownership base is also growing with the core team of employees investing in the company.
