wood fibers + biopolymers
injection molding technology
what we offer
CUSTOMER
REQUEST
You want to replace your existing product with a sustainable alternative? You are looking for a new green development? Just contact us with your inquiry.
INDIVIDUAL
OFFER
Our team checks your request internally for feasibility and comes back to you with an offer tailored to your individual needs and requirements.
DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS
After your approval we will start the development process of your application which includes a detailed product specification, material testing and prototyping.
LARGE SCALE
PRODUCTION
After successfully passing our tests, your product can finally be released and go into large scale production in our sustainable production facilities.
FINAL
PRODUCT
You receive your forewood product, adapted exactly to your requirements which is completely bio-based and manufactured environmentally friendly in Germany.
FOREWOOD offerS YOU a holistic SOLUTION along THE development process OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL wood-based application.
from idea to serial production.
NATURAL WOOD FIBERS
Renewable, infinitely available and environmentally friendly – wood fibers combine perfect sustainability properties with beneficial effects on the forewood® material as natural look and improved mechanical performance.
forewood material
FOREWOOD MATERIAL
The best of two worlds – the combination of wood fibers and biopolymers enables the production of unique materials that are 100% bio-based. The forewood® materials convey their sustainability through their natural appearance and allow their properties to be flexibly adapted to different requirements.
BIOPOLYMERS
Replacing fossil resources with renewable raw materials – that is the idea behind 100 % bio-based polymers. They enable the material to be shaped by forming a malleable matrix around the wood fibers.
NATURAL WOOD FIBERS
BIOPOLYMERS
your forewood advantages
100 % BIOBASED
Our materials consists only of natural wood fibers and biopolymers as PLA. Therefore our materials are 100 % biobased and contain no substances of fossil origin.
ECO LOOK & FEEL
Our applications show what they consist of, namely pure nature. Through the wood fibers you can not only see forewood, but also feel it.
INDIVIDUAL
We manufacture our products by injection moulding. This makes it possible for us to serve any shape according to your dimensions.
LESS CARBON
By using plant-based raw resources that bind carbon dioxide in their growth, our materials save about half of the carbon dioxide emission in direct comparison to conventional fossil plastic.
HOLISTIC CONCEPT
We accompany you through the process from the idea to your own forewood application. What you would otherwise have to put together at great expense can be obtained from us from a single source.
NO PLANET B
With forewood, you too can make an active contribution to climate protection on our planet. By using natural, renewable and therefore unlimited resources.
find out how forewood performs
with forewood we cover the entire value chain
manufacturing sustainable products
closing the loop using biobased products
ORGANIC RECYCLING
Returning raw materials to nature – that is the goal of organic recycling. This loop can be closed by 100% bio-based products that can be composted at the end of their product life cycle. Even if the products end up in nature by mistake or are used for energy recovery, they will not harm our plant. No microplastic is created when using degradable biopolymers, as they decompose completely according to their name. Even when burned, the carbon footprint does not increase as the CO2 was previously bound during plant growth.
CONVENTIONAL RECYCLING
Classical recycling is a good idea in theory, but not in practice. The actual recycling rate is very low, which is mainly due to challenges such as sorting purity and residual emptying. The use of recyclates is also limited. On the one hand, recyclates are not permitted for all types of products, and on the other hand, the quality of the recyclate deteriorates significantly with each cycle. Recycling should therefore be seen less as a circle and more as a spiral – downcycling is inevitable.
our technology path
2015
DEVELOPING A TECHNOLOGY TO PROCESS NATURAL WOOD FIBERS
Based on a need, we spent three years researching a technology to produce coffee capsules from sustainable materials.
2018
LAUNCHING THE FIRST APPLICATION: THE WOODEN COFFEE CAPSULE
In 2018, we brought the first coffee capsule to market, which is made of 100% renewable resources from wood and biopolymers.
TODAY
BRING YOUR FOREWOOD APPLICATION TO THE MARKET
With the establishment of a high tech machine park incorporated in a large network of partners we make it possible to offer wood-based innovations for your applications.
what others say
„Many people have good ideas and intentions. Few have the courage and determination to put them into practice. The young entrepreneurs Julian Reitze and Stefan Zender are one successful example. In 2019, some three years after their start-up was founded, the company was already producing well over one million compostable coffee capsules per year. A number that is growing rapidly. For the capsules, a compound of wood and plant fiber is processed on injection molding machines.“
Kunststoffe international
04/2020
„After months of basic research in cooperation with the Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Management IFF at the University of Stuttgart and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA and the construction of numerous demonstration tools and prototype machines, these specifications were actually met. The two engineers had developed a completely new generation of coffee capsules from renewable raw materials.“
BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg
06/2020
get in touch with us
julian reitze
CEO & FOUNDER
M.Sc. Technical Business Administration
stefan zender
CEO & FOUNDER
M.Sc. Technical Business Administration
janina jarothe
research & sustainability
M.Sc. Technology of Biogenic Resources
jonas wurster
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
M.A. Business Development, Product Management
teuta ukaj
CEO assistance
B.Sc. Business Economics
our mission
forewood is a young and dynamic company from the south of Germany, focussing on sustainable product development and manufacturing. For this purpose we have focused on the raw material that is available to us locally and in sustainable cultivation in large quantities in an environmentally friendly way – namely wood.
Our goal is to give as many customers as possible access to the market of sustainable applications and thus actively promote environmental protection. Join us on our mission of replacing fossil-based plastics.