As part of our long-term collaboration with Mendel University in Brno, we have begun introducing new composite materials into the furniture industry. Which would be unremarkable, except that the material is made from hemp.

In the project Post-harvest hemp residues as a raw material for a sustainable wood-processing industry we set out to find an alternative to the wood-based materials we use most often. Hemp suits the task perfectly: its rapid growth makes it one of the most promising plants for materials of this kind in sustainability terms.

The resulting composite will have many uses, of which the most important for us is in interior elements and furniture.

The project is funded with state support from the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of the Environment under the Environment for Life programme.

The project is funded under the National Recovery Plan from the European Recovery and Resilience Facility.