WE ASK OURSELVES: DOES IT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY?
UNTAPPED RESOURCE
Difficult-to-recycle plastic waste can become a raw material for new products.
MORE FROM LESS
Lightweight structures enable high functionality while reducing material use.
MATERIAL, NOT WASTE
Durable applications give existing resources new value.
KEEPING RESOURCES IN THE LOOP
Designing products so that materials can remain in use for as long as possible and be recovered for further use.
PRESERVING WOOD
Where recycled materials can fulfil the same function, trees can remain standing – or wood can be used for higher-value applications.
The challenge
Large quantities of plastic waste are generated worldwide that are technically or economically difficult to recycle using existing processes. At the same time, logistics, transport and industry require large volumes of materials for functional products and structures.
MeSentia connects these two challenges.
Our technology is designed to transform difficult-to-recycle thermoplastic material streams into lightweight and durable structures. This creates new applications for materials that today are often incinerated, landfilled or used only in low-value applications.
Where these structures can perform the required function, they can also reduce the use of primary resources. This applies particularly to wood: not because wood is a problematic material, but precisely because it is a valuable renewable resource.
Our objective is therefore not to replace wood in general. We want to help keep trees standing and enable wood to be used where its natural properties create greater value.
NEW POSSIBILITIES
Using wood where its natural properties create the greatest value.
FIBRES + PLASTICS
Using fibres selectively to improve material properties and enable lightweight, durable structures.
KEEPING MATERIAL IN THE LOOP
Using difficult-to-recycle plastics as a resource and keeping them in high-value applications for as long as possible.
ADAPTABLE STRUCTURES
Tailoring material, geometry and product properties to the requirements of each application.
Market Opportunity
Difficult-to-recycle plastic waste is not only a waste-management challenge – it is a globally available and still underutilised material resource.
With suitable process and machine technology, these materials can be transformed into durable products for industrial applications. Applications with high material demand are particularly attractive where lightweight and durable structures can complement or partially replace conventional materials.
For MeSentia, this market opportunity starts with logistics products and lightweight structures. At the same time, the technology is not limited to a single product: in the long term, a scalable machine platform creates the opportunity to process different regional material streams where they arise and transform them into products for local and international markets.
Formable
Weldable
Machinable
Customisable
Combinable
