Commercial hopes for carrot-based cellulose material
27/06/2012
Cellucomp and farmers’ consortium Royal Cosun have called the carrot-based material Curran and say it will combine successfully with a variety of resins (including epoxy, polyurethane and polyester) to create a lightweight biocomposite material with a high level of strength. Cellulose content can be between 50% and 90%.
Sports products made from Curran so far include a fishing rod that the companies say has the stiffness of carbon fibre but with a lighter weight. Another product is a longboard, made from sheets of the material.
The partners have said they intend to bring the material to market in the final quarter of 2012.
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