Woodmer® Biopolymer
Products
Ecohelix provides high performing WOODMER® biopolymer products, sustainable emission reducing materials for formulators and brand owners. Ecohelix WOODMER® product is a wood-based amphiphilic biopolymer which consists of wood components hemicellulose and lignin. Through a sophisticated biomimicking process using laccase enzyme as a catalyst, we can create a high performing and controllable polymer structure.
WOODMER® biopolymer possesses film forming and adhesive properties and is surface active which makes it highly useful in several different application areas, such as adhesive, dispersant, barrier, emulsifier and film former.
WOODMER® products are renewable polymer products from wood biomass side streams. They have very good sustainability profile as their production emits only 0.17 tnCO2/tn product.
Novel bio-based products will have low environmental impact, reducing up to 98% of the greenhouse gas emissions compared to competing solutions. In some cases, WOODMER® products have up to 10 times higher performance than existing solutions in the market.
WOODMER® BIND
WOODMER® BIND is a water-based adhesive, which comes in a water solution of about 50w% and viscosity in the range of 1000-2000cP. High dry content and low viscosity enables a high wet tack and fast drying time. Other product features are good penetration to porous materials and good resistance to heat and cold. WOODMER® BIND can replace food-based adhesives such as starch, dextrin and casein as well as fossil oil-based PVA adhesives.
WOODMER® PULP
WOODMER® PULP is high performing and sustainable paper chemical. It provides superior performance in paper chemical applications at lower overall cost for the customer. WOODMER® PULP has application areas as an emulsifier in ASA and MSOHO sizing, defoamer stabilization and pulp charge control. WOODMER® PULP is the standard product that is produced in the production with no modifications.
WOODMER® DISPERSE
WOODMER® Disperse is water-based dispersing agent, which comes in a water solution of around 20w%. By a well-defined and narrow molecular weight together with the negative charges of the polymer, it is possible to improve the separation of particles in suspension preventing their clumping and enhancing the solids loading. WOODMER® DISPERSE can replace fossil oil-based dispersants such as fluoro-carbon polymers, polyacrylates, polyamide and stearates.
WOODMER® BOOST
WOODMER® BOOST has application potential in the textile and plastic additive segments with the purpose of improving properties such as UV-resistance, dyeability or function as a bio-filler. It is compatible with different thermo-plastics such as PE, PP, PLA, and ABS. WOODMER® BOOST can replace hazardous materials such as PFAS in their fabric production. This demand is especially apparent in the electric automotive fabrics value chain, that places strong demands on more sustainable materials with low carbon emissions
Packaging
- Barrier coatings
- Heat seal coatings
- Binders
- Adhesives
- Dispersants
Construction
- Adhesives
- Dispersing agents
- Fire retardants
Cosmetics
- Film formers
- Emulsifiers
- Dispersants
Other applications
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