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Creating novel products from sugar beet residues to reduce dependency on fossil fuel and hydrocarbon products.
CelluComp valorizes waste streams from the food processing industry using energy efficient water based rection. The company has commercialized Curran a material developed from the extraction of nanocellulose fibers of root vegetables, primarily from sugar beet pulp, which is a by-product of the sugar industry.
Curran® is a microfibrilated cellulose material (sometimes referred to as nanocellulose) produced from sugar beet pulp derived from waste streams of the food processing industry. Curran® fibres have both mechanical and rheological properties and have numerous applications as additive to for example paints and coatings, concrete, cosmetics, drilling fluids, home care products, food. The production of Curran involves the extraction of nano-fibres and leaves behind the carbohydrates and proteins. As such, the residues from the extraction of Curran can be further used in the production of high-value materials, such as energy or as animal feed.
Currently, the main market targeted by Curran is the paint and coating additives market. This is estimated to amount to EUR 2.2 billion globally. The business model to produce Curran extracts value from a relatively under-used biological resource, increasing its economic value by an estimated factor of 50.
The production process of Curran® has a low carbon footprint as it involves water-based reactions at low temperatures and pressures. As a result, the production of Curran® has lower unit energy consumption than other paint thickeners which reduces its environmental impact
CelluComp use root vegetable fibre as its feedstock, so it will benefit the agriculture farmers in creating an extra income by valorization of underutilized fraction of biomass
Agricultural farmers for raw material supply, support from local government bodies, researchers and technology providers, product market actors (packaging companies, agri-food companies)
Vegetable waste combined with high tech resins
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CelluComp Ltd
Extraction and blending
Development of Curran, a material developed from the extraction of nanocellulose. Fishing rods, ecofriendly composites, used in paint and coatings as film thickener
400-500 tonnes of Curran per year
Scotland, UK
2014
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