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HempWood®

Stand: BM 5
Building Components
Material Innovation
Smart and healthy interiors
https://hempwood.com/

About us

HempWood® is the first carbon-negative, plant-based, VOC-free alternative to traditional wood, made of industrial hemp.

Back in 2016, Fibonacci LLC (USA), trading as HempWood®, was founded with the goal of contributing to slowing down the deforestation process by using fast-growing industrial hemp plants and converting them into a new wood type, called HempWood®.

HempWood® is innovative and unique because it is the first carbon-negative, plant-based alternative to regular wood. The technology is patented in several continents worldwide. It will significantly reduce the need for wood altogether.

HempWood® will help countries and industries in their efforts to capture vast amounts of CO2 and preserve their natural forests. HempWood® can already now partially replace decorative wood for interior use and by 2026 also construction wood, including hemp-based OSB panels.

Products & services

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HempWood® Organic Flooring

HempWood® is a carbon-negative, plant-based alternative to regular parquet flooring. HempWood® captures a high volume of CO2, approximately 1.62 tons of CO2 per ton of hemp stalks. This makes HempWood® a clean, healthy, extremely durable replacement for regular wood. Since it does not use any added formaldehyde, it does not emit any VOCs, thus avoiding off-gassing. It is 20% harder than oak, and can be converted from hemp seed to HempWood® in merely 120 days. This as opposed to regular trees that have to grow 50-100 years before being cut down. HempWood® can in this way contribute to avoiding deforestation. HempWood® uses the stems of 3-4 meter high industrial hemp plants, crushes and compresses them into a solid block and uses a soya-based adhesive instead of formaldehyde-based to keep the hemp stalks together. The HempWood® block is cut up length-wise into 4mm thick slices and attached to the FSC certified poplar plywood base. The result is HempWood® Organic Flooring. The flooring boards are installed using a tongue and groove system, and the surface of the boards are finished with high-quality Bona Traffic HD coating. Thanks to the combination of its durability (hardness & hard-wearing) and its sustainability (carbon-negative) it is suitable for both commercial and residential projects.

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HempWood® Furniture Panels

HempWood® is a carbon-negative, plant-based alternative to regular wood, made from the industrial hemp plant. From seed to finished product only takes 5 months, which is much shorter than the 50-100 years of a tree to grow to full maturity. Since it does not contain any added formaldehyde, it is VOC free, which improves the indoor air quality. HempWood® Panels exist in both an engineered as well as a solid version. Both versions can have the more linear “rift visual” or the more random “live sawn” visual. The panels are used to make furniture, kitchen tops or wall panels.